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Ages, Residences Released Of Three Young New Yorkers Who Died From COVID-19 Linked Illness Ages, Residences Released Of Three Young New Yorkers Who Died From COVID-19 Linked Illness
Ages, Residences Released Of Three Young New Yorkers Who Died From Covid-19 Linked Illness The age ranges and places of residence have been released for two children and a teenager who died of possible complications from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) involving swollen blood vessels and heart problems. According to health officials, “while rare, we are seeing evidence that COVID-19 can cause severe illness in children.”  Statewide, there have been 73 reported cases of the syndrome, which is marked by symptoms are similar to Kawasaki disease, a rare inflammatory condition in children,and toxic shock-like syndrome. Most of the cases involve elementary-age children …

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Third NY Child Dies From Illness Linked To COVID-19: 'Frightening New Development,' Cuomo Says Third NY Child Dies From Illness Linked To COVID-19: 'Frightening New Development,' Cuomo Says
Third NY Child Dies From Illness Linked To Covid-19: 'Frightening New Development,' Cuomo Says A third child has died in New York from a serious inflammatory disease linked to novel coronavirus (COVID-19), a development Gov. Andrew Cuomo' called "frightening." Cuomo announced the news on Saturday, May 9 at his daily news briefing, held in midtown Manhattan. It comes a day after the deaths of a Westchester boy, whose age was not released, and a 5-year-old at Mount Sinai’s Kravis Children’s Hospital in Manhattan. The age of the third child to die has also not been released. “This is the last thing that we need at this time, with all that is going on, with all the anxiety we have…

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by Joe Lombardi