Minnesota first-grader dies of COVID-19 complications While COVID-related deaths in children are rare, they can occur even in otherwise healthy children, state health officials said in a release. Author: Sharon Yoo, KARE Staff Published: 2:55 PM CDT April 26, 2021 Updated: 7:23 PM CDT April 26, 2021
ST PAUL, Minn. The Minnesota Department of Health confirmed Monday that a school-aged child under 10 years old has died of complications from COVID-19.
The child was from southwestern Minnesota, MDH said in a press release. Health officials did not give the child s exact age. This is the third reported COVID-19 death of a minor in the state. While COVID-related deaths in children are rare, they can occur even in otherwise healthy children, the release read. The death will be included in MDH s regular school data update on Thursday.