One Madison schools official noted that schools nationwide have seen an uptick in absenteeism but that Madison is starting to "see a recovery in terms of our attendance data."
/ COVID-19 Monday: 2nd death of person under age 20, hospitalizations increase for third day, nursing home residents begin to receive vaccine
COVID-19 Monday: 2nd death of person under age 20, hospitalizations increase for third day, nursing home residents begin to receive vaccine
A second person in Wisconsin under the age of 20 has died of COVID-19. That individual was from Sheboygan County, and was among nineteen deaths included in Monday’s update from the state Department of Health Services.
Isai Morocho, a student at Madison East High School who died November 25, was the first person younger than 20 to die of COVID-19 in Wisconsin, where a total of 4,711 people have died since the start of the pandemic.
PHMDC confirms 16-year-old Madison East student died of COVID-19
December 14, 2020 6:12 PM Logan Rude
MADISON, Wis. Public health officials confirmed Monday that 16-year-old Isai Morocho died of COVID-19 in late November.
Morocho is the youngest Wisconsinite to die of COVID-19 complications, according to Public Health Madison & Dane County officials. Morocho was a student at Madison East High School.
“The coronavirus does not discriminate based on age, which underscores just how important it is for all of us to take precautions to protect ourselves and our loved ones from this virus,” PHMDC Communications Supervisor Sarah Mattes said. “We send sympathy and comfort to the family of this young person and all families who have lost loved ones during this pandemic.”