A birthday celebration. A special game of cards. A basketball game. A bucket filled with seashells. These are the memories held by the children of COVID-19 victims.
Across the country, some children are experiencing the death of a parent who was the center of their lives. Many of them are kids, teenagers and young adults, who were still finding their way in the world. Now, they're forced to adapt to a world without them.
While the full scope of parental death due to coronavirus is not yet understood, limited data is starting to emerge. In New York, 4,200 children experienced a parental or caregiver death due to COVID-19 between March and July of 2020, according to a study from United Hospital Fund and Boston Consulting Group.