Updated: 9 Feb 2021, 13:58
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A GIRL has died in her sleep on her dad s birthday three days after testing positive for Covid - despite having mild symptoms.
Makenzie Gongora, nine, tested positive on January 29 after she began suffering from headaches and vomiting.
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She died on her dad Nathan s birthday. The two are pictured with Kristle GongoraCredit: Facebook
She was taken to Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas by her mom Kristle.
Doctors told Ms Gongora to take her daughter home while making her comfortable and monitoring her fever , Makenzie s aunt Victoria Southworth told Today.
She said: Kenzie did not have any respiratory issues. There was nothing major going on.
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Texas fourth-grader, 9, dies in her sleep three days after she tested positive for COVID-19 despite mild symptoms
Makenzie Gongora, 9, had been tucked into bed by her mom Kristle on February 1 and never woke up
Makenzie s aunts said she died in her sleep on February 2, her father s birthday
The girl had tested positive for COVID on January 29 after having a bad headache with vomiting at her after-school program
The girl s family said that they are not aware if she had any underlying conditions
Her family has requested an autopsy to determine her cause of death
A 4th-grade girl died while sleeping after she tested positive for COVID-19.
Texas girl died after mother tucked her into bed
(Photo : Dean Gloster/ Twitter Screenshot)
In a world where a 4th grade girl just died overnight after a positive Covid-19 test, an NFL quarterback (Brady) who walked into the Super Bowl without a mask ought to be spit upon, in every public appearance, for the rest of time.
Makenzie Gongora s family members want to raise awareness that COVID-19 can also be potentially serious for children.
In the early hours of February 2, nine-year-old Makenzie Gongora of San Antonio, Texas, died suddenly after her mother, Kristle Gongora, had tucked her into bed. Members on both sides of her family suggest she died three days after testing positive for COVID-19 in TODAY interviews.