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NJ Infant Tests Positive For Coronavirus

A 1-month-old boy in Atlantic County has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to media reports.

A 1-month-old boy has tested positive for COVID-19.

A 1-month-old boy has tested positive for COVID-19.

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The boy is the youngest of the more than 148,000 in the state to have been infected by COVID-19. Atlantic County officials didn’t disclose where the boy lives, according to NJ.com.

A 4-year-old child who died earlier this month of COVID-19 related causes is the only person in New Jersey under 18 killed by the virus. That child also had other undisclosed underlying conditions.

The state's youngest positive COVID-19 patient was not mentioned during Monday's daily news briefing, but state Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli did say that New Jersey has had nine positive cases for coronavirus among children between 3 and 18 years old who also have multi-symptom pulmonary inflammatory syndrome. 

Seven of those children have been discharged from hospitals, she said.

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