Health officials: 2 babies have tested positive for coronavirus in Mecklenburg
Health officials in Mecklenburg County have recently discovered two cases of coronavirus among infants.
For the first time late Friday, county health officials said in a news statement there are “two reported cases ... among children less than a year old.” The condition of the babies was not released.
Just 1% of known COVID-19 cases in North Carolina exist in people age 17 or younger, state data shows. And none of the reported deaths by state health officials have been people younger than 25.
Also Friday, Mecklenburg County announced two more people have died from COVID-19. The county’s total number of deaths is at 12. Mecklenburg health officials said there are 913 reported cases of coronavirus locally.
Statewide, the total number of known cases neared 4,000 late Friday. Mecklenburg County has the highest number of cases in the state and more than twice as many as the next largest county.
Some information about the first 10 people who have died in Mecklenburg has been released. County officials have said all were people age 60 or older with underlying chronic illnesses.
About one in five people with COVID-19 in Mecklenburg have needed hospital care, the health department reported. About half of all people diagnosed with COVID-19 have been released from isolation in Mecklenburg.
“About 3 in 4 reported cases were adults ages 20 to 59 years old,” officials added in a statement on the health department’s website.
This story was originally published April 10, 2020 at 6:01 PM.
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