Record number of active COVID-19 cases in Shelby County
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One child died at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, and another passed away at another facility the hospital serves. Author: Istvan Bardos, Rebecca Butcher Published: 4:55 PM CDT August 3, 2021 Updated: 10:11 PM CDT August 3, 2021
MEMPHIS, Tenn. Two children have died from COVID-19 complications over the weekend. Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital confirmed the news Tuesday. A doctor said the number of kids with COVID is rising.
“One of them was in our intensive care unit and then one of them was in an outlining facility that we serve,” said Dr. Nick Hysmith, the director of Infection Prevention at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital.
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