Middlesex-London Health Unit‘s medical officer of health says the region’s youngest COVID-19 victim went into respiratory distress, arrived in hospital and died within the same day.Dr.
Chris Mackie said Thursday that health unit staff “essentially were informed about the case around the same time as the fatality occurred” and “hadn’t even had a chance to begin the case investigation.” COVID-19 — 18-year-old among 3 deaths reported in London-Middlesex; 94 cases reported While few details are available, the health unit does not believe that the unidentified 18-year-old was a high school or post-secondary student.