Nueces County officials announced Friday that an infant has died of COVID-19.
According to a news release from the city of Corpus Christi, the patient was a boy younger than six months of age but would not release further information due to privacy reasons.
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Corpus Christi Councilman Ben Molina said the boy was only six weeks old, as did Nueces County Commissioner John Marez.
Extremely sad news. The Health District just received notice of a COVID-19 related death of a six week old infant. My...
Posted by John Marez on Friday, July 10, 2020
Corpus Christi has been hard hit by the spread of COVID-19, with more than 5,000 cases reported since the pandemic began. The positivity rate is greater than 22%, according to the city’s dashboard.
The county has also experienced a recent spike in COVID-19 deaths. The situation has become so dire that Nueces County Judge Barbara Canales said she has had to ask for a second morgue trailer from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, according to KRIS 6 News.
“That’s why we’re asking people to wear face masks,” Canales said. “I am now having to order additional body bags and morgue trailers. People have to understand how real it is.”