Dr. Julie Vaishampayan, the Stanislaus County well being officer, introduced the fatality when giving an replace on the coronavirus epidemic to the county Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, the Modesto Bee, an area outlet, reported.
Vaishampayan didn’t reveal the kid’s gender or age, saying solely that she or he suffered from “extreme underlying medical circumstances” which will have contributed to their dying.
No different particulars on the dying will probably be supplied for privateness causes, Kamlesh Kaur, a spokesperson for the Stanislaus County well being companies, instructed the Modesto Bee.
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The dying marks the primary COVID-19 pediatric fatality within the county, per the outlet.
As of Jan. 6, COVID-19 has claimed the lives of six folks 17 years of age or youthful within the state, based on the California Division of Public Well being’s COVID-19 dashboard.
The information comes because the Golden State continues to grapple to comprise the virus, with California surpassing 2 million whole circumstances of COVID-19 simply earlier than Christmas. The state rounded out the primary weekend of the brand new yr with 45,000 new virus circumstances reported on Sunday alone.
Hospitals in California proceed to be overwhelmed, with greater than 22,000 folks hospitalized as of Wednesday.
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Well being consultants have expressed issues over the affect a post-holiday surge may have on circumstances and hospitalizations, as California continues to be reeling from such results linked to Thanksgiving gatherings.
South of Stanislaus County, in Los Angeles County, an individual is dying each eight minutes from COVID-19, officers warned on Thursday because the area once more confronted a double-digit rise in new day by day circumstances.
Fox Information’ Alexandria Hein contributed to this report.
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