An infant in Illinois under the age of one has died after testing positive for coronavirus, APA reports citing Daily Mail.
'There has never been a case of COVID-19 death in an infant,' said Illinois Public Health Director, Dr Ngozi Ezike.
'If you haven’t been paying attention, maybe this is your wake-up call, Ezike said.
The child was among 13 new deaths recorded in Illinois, which now has a coronavirus death toll of 47.
Also among the deaths was an employee at the Department of Human Services.
During a press conference on Saturday, Governor Jay Pritzker said: 'Upon hearing it, I admit I was shaken.
'We should grieve with our family of state employees, with the many people we've already lost to this virus, young and old.'
Illinois is under a stay-at-home order, with all non-essential business and travel banned.
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