The coronavirus continues to take a toll on everyone's lives. The number of deaths in the United States, along with the increasing positive cases, also continues to rise.
Recently, an 11-year-old boy dies from the complications brought by the coronavirus. He is the youngest COVID-19 death in the state of Florida.
The health records of youngest COVID-19 death in Florida
The 11-year-old Florida boy has been suffering from medical conditions like deformities and kidney failure. He also had a condition that makes his bones weak. As early as 18 months old, he has been diagnosed with these.
He became a "medical foster child" of a pastor in Miami. The biological mother of the 11-year-old boy could not "sufficiently take care of him."
The boy, who is the youngest COVID-19 death in Florida, had to undergo dialysis three times a week because of his kidney condition.
With his very delicate condition, contracting the coronavirus made things more complicated for the young boy. He was diagnosed with the coronavirus last June 19.
Last Tuesday, the youngest COVID-19 death in Florida has been recorded. He died at the Jackson Memorial Hospital. The adoptive father of the 11-year-old boy could not stay by the boy's side when he died. The father also contracted the coronavirus, and he is still hospitalized.
It is still unclear to the health authorities on how the young boy got infected with the virus.
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The young Florida boy's interests
When described by people close to him, the 11-year-old boy is the child who loves to go to church.
According to a family friend, the little boy is active in church activities, "He was happy. He could have been an usher anywhere." When there is an event, he does not stop until he has shaken everyone's hands.
In a phone interview with Tampa Bay Times, the child's father said that their 11-year-old son turned out to be a good person. He said, "We taught him to be a good person. The Lord blessed him."
His father also described the young boy as a child that loved dressing up.
The third death of a minor in Florida
The 11-year-old boy is included in the 7000 children under the age of 18 that contracted COVID-19.
This youngest COVID-19 death is also one of the three deaths of a minor that has been recorded in the state.
The two other deaths were from Lee County and Pasco County. Both of these minors were 17 years old when they died.
According to an analysis of CNN, the state of Florida is not the state with more new reported cases of COVID-19 per day.
Other studies have shown that in the previous weeks, the coronavirus infections have been more widespread on younger people in Florida.
