A newborn died on April 5 in the U.S. when a mother with COVID-19 went into premature labour after experiencing extreme symptoms of the novel coronavirus disease.
The child’s death was the direct result of the mother’s coronavirus diagnosis, as it caused her to deliver the child nearly four months early, according to heath officials in Baton Rouge, La.
Medical test results from the child are still being determined, reports the Baton Rouge Advocate. Even if the child doesn’t test positive for the virus, the death will still be counted as COVID-19-related, said East Baton Rouge coroner Dr.
Beau Clark in a statement. At a press conference on Monday, Clark said the incident is a “very tragic case” and that if the mother hadn’t had an acute