Six-week-old baby dies of coronavirus in US

A six-week-old baby girl has died of coronavirus in US state of Connecticut, Goverr Ned Lamont said on Thursday, stressing that death is a reminder that "body is safe with this virus" as COVID-19 cases re crossed 3,500. A report in Hartford Courant newspaper quoted officials as saying that infant arrived at hospital unresponsive and tested positive for coronavirus post-mortem.

“Probably youngest person ever to die of COVID here in Connecticut. That baby was a less than seven weeks old. And it just is a reminder that body is safe with this virus,” Lamont said.

Lamont said that state recorded a “tragic milestone” with death of infant. goverr, in a tweet, said that baby from Hartford area was brought unresponsive to a hospital late last week and could t be revived.

"Testing confirmed last night that newborn was COVID-19 positive. This is absolutely heartbreaking. We believe this is one of youngest lives lost anywhere due to complications relating to COVID-19," he said.

"This is a virus that attacks our most fragile without mercy. This also stresses importance of staying home and limiting exposure to or people. Your life and lives of ors could literally depend on it. Our prayers are with family at this difficult time," Lamont said.

Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin said, “our hearts break for that family, and our prayers are with families of all of those who have lost loved ones and all of those affected by this ongoing epidemic.” Earlier, youngest Connecticut resident to die of COVID-19 was a 35-year-old man, report said. state has 3,557 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 85 people have died of disease. About 766 COVID-19 patients are currently hospitalized in state. news report said that a model prepared by University of Washington projects that as coronavirus hits a peak in Connecticut on April 15, hospitals here will fall dramatically short on available beds.

In Connecticut, it foresees a peak of 41 single-day deaths in mid-April, before numbers taper off during May and hit zero before start of June. As many as 1,100 residents could die of disease. According to Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, number of Americans to have been infected by coronavirus stood at 214,000, and 5,093 had lost ir lives from deadly disease.