A child in New York City has become the first American child to die of pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome, a rare condition associated with COVID-19 that only presents in juveniles.
As NBC News reports, the Mount Sinai Health System confirmed in a statement that the unidentified 5-year-old boy died in one of its facilities.
“This is an extremely rare and previously unknown presentation of COVID-19 in children. We extend our deepest condolences to the family in the wake of this tragedy,” the hospital group said.
Meanwhile, Governor Andrew Cuomo said Friday that the state Health Department is investigating multiple other cases of the illness in area children.
“This would be really painful news and would open an entirely different chapter,” Cuomo said.
As previously reported by The Inquisitr, the illness first began turning up in children in the United Kingdom, before later being observed in the United States.
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