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US child with COVID drowned in bath from fever-induced seizure – 7NEWS.com.au
The child, who had no underlying health conditions, became the youngest person in the state to die with the virus.
A coroner has revealed a seven-year-old boy from the United States who died with COVID-19, drowned in a bathtub after having a seizure due to a high fever.
The child did not have any known underlying health conditions, Chatham County Coroner Bill Wessinger told CNN on Monday.
After being found unresponsive and pronounced dead at the hospital, the child tested positive for COVID-19 postmortem, Wessinger said.
The preliminary report says the child died from drowning, secondary to seizure due to…
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