Two infants are now believed to have died of the novel coronavirus in the United States, after Connecticut’s governor announced the death of a six-week-old newborn baby Wednesday.
Gov. Ned Lamont took to Twitter to announce the news, saying the infant from the Hartford area was brought unresponsive to a hospital late last week and could not be revived.
The Connecticut Department of Public Health said post-mortem testing Tuesday night confirmed the baby was positive for COVID-19. “This is absolutely heartbreaking,” Lamont said. “We believe this is one of the youngest lives lost anywhere due to complications relating to COVID-19.” Testing confirmed last night that the newborn was COVID-19 positive.