Health director: Children are not immune to the disease
The first child under the age of 10 in Virginia has died from complications from COVID-19, state health officials announced Thursday afternoon. The child died from complications of a chronic health condition and COVID-19, according to officials with the Virginia Department of Health.
By: WTVR CBS 6 Web Staff
Posted at 1:27 PM, Mar 04, 2021
and last updated 2021-03-04 17:35:16-05
RICHMOND, Va. The first child under the age of 10 in Virginia has died from complications from COVID-19, state health officials announced Thursday afternoon.
The child died from complications of a chronic health condition and COVID-19, according to officials with the Virginia Department of Health.
DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) The family of Aurea Soto Morales visits a memorial tree planted
in her honor in front of Creekside Elementary in Durham twice a week. Aurea was only 8 years old when she died
Aurea is one of more than 10,000 North Carolinians with the novel coronavirus who have died. I never wish anything like this to happen, because as we ve seen, the community has been ravaged by this virus, and we ve seen how it s impacted tons of people, said her sister Jennifer Morales, 18. We know those deaths were someone s sons, daughters, children, their parents, grandparents. They were part of someone s family.