CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (KTRK) — An infant has died due to coronavirus in Corpus Christi, the Corpus Christi-Nueces County Public Health District reports.
The baby boy was six weeks old.
“Our deepest condolences go out to his parents and family,” the Nueces County Public Health District said in a statement.
District director Annette Rodriguez said the child had a co-infection and his death was identified as sudden infant death syndrome, also known as SIDS, the Corpus Christi Caller-Times reported.
An autopsy was ordered, though there is no approved postmortem COVID-19 test, according to the Caller-Times report. Results could take up to eight weeks.
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