St Lucia has recorded its first paediatric death linked to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic with health authorities Monday confirming that a three-year-old child died at its Respiratory Hospital.
Chief Medical Officer, Dr Sharon Belmar-George, said the three-year-old girl had been admitted to the hospital on January 27 and died February 8.
She said that COVID-19 cases below 18 years of age make up 10-13 per cent of COVID-19 cases and that “these cases have been mild and have recovered well.
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