18 Yr old dies to coronavirus

[Teflon]

An 18-year-old is understood to have become the youngest person to die in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus.

The number of people who have died after contracting the highly contagious respiratory disease rose by 48 in a day to 281 on Sunday.


COVID-19 infections in the UK have increased by 635 to 5,683, the Department of Health said.

In England, 37 more people who tested positive for COVID-19 have died, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths to 257.

The patients were aged between 18 and 102 years old - thought to be the youngest and oldest so far.

They were all were in vulnerable groups, with underlying health conditions.


Boris Johnson said in his daily news conference on Sunday that the government is ready to impose tougher restrictions to curb the spread of coronavirus if people do not follow the guidance on social distancing.

There have been seven fatalities in Wales over the last 24 hours, taking its total to 12 and a further three in Scotland, where the number of deaths overall now stands at 10.

Meanwhile, an elderly patient with an underlying medical condition has become the second person to die in Northern Ireland after testing positive for coronavirus.
Health officials said another 71 people had tested positive for coronavirus in Wales, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 347.

In Scotland, 416 have now tested positive.

Coronavirus: 18-year-old 'youngest' to die in UK as fatalities rise by 48 to 281

The number of COVID-19 infections has risen by 665 in a day to 5,683, the Department of Health said.

news.sky.com

 

[Basra]

 

[Phiirso]

So did this 18 year old have any other illnesses? The article doesn't mention that.

 

[sambuusi]

one of my relatives who was 17 died from covid19 recently AUN

 

[kickz]

one of my relatives who was 17 died from covid19 recently AUN

AUN, in UK? Cuz that would contradict this article.

 

[sambuusi]

AUN, in UK? Cuz that would contradict this article.

no, U.S.

 

[Gibiin-Udug]

no, U.S.

Did he have underlying health problems and how did he get it? Which state?

 

[sambuusi]

Did he have underlying health problems and how did he get it? Which state?

It was a girl, I don't think so

 

[Gibiin-Udug]

In other news a 68 year old with a lot of underlying health issues has recovered from Coronavirus, In Minnesota.


In the wake of Minnesota's first COVID-19 related death and 137 confirmed cases as of Saturday, leaders with MDH are urging Minnesotans not to let down their social distancing guards just yet, as numbers continue to climb.
"I think the bottom line is that there is a lot of COVID-19 circulating in Minnesota and that's why its so important that people take the community mitigation measures seriously," said MDH Infectious Disease Director Kris Ehresmann in a conference call Saturday.

68-year-old John O'Neill says he is one of those confirmed cases, and knows firsthand the impacts the virus is having on human health.
"I'm the person that should've gotten deathly sick from it, but I didn't, I don't know why," said O'Neil.
For O'Neill it all started after returning to his home on Bird Island from a trip to Rancho Mirage California on March 3.
"We'd gone out to supper, we'd gone to a couple movies there and they were reporting their first two cases of coronavirus," said O'Neill.
Within four days he says body aches and a low-grade fever kicked in.
"I was running a temperature, it was just like the flu," said O'Neill.

 

[Jiron]

It was a girl, I don't think so

AUN to ur relative, was this in Seattle?

 

[sambuusi]

AUN to ur relative, was this in Seattle?

no, in Minnesota

 

[Gibiin-Udug]

no, in Minnesota

When did she die? There's only one death that was reported in Minnesota and it was a white person. Are you sure it was from corona?

Not being insesitive but I'm just curious.

 

[sambuusi]

When did she die? There's only one death that was reported in Minnesota and it was a white person. Are you sure it was from corona?

Not being insesitive but I'm just curious.

yeah, i'm sure
it was very recent, I heard it from my mom today so I don't have all the details

 

[Xasusi]

Its just a flu they said.