Suspected First US COVID-19 Death of Child Reported in LA County: Official

Doctors test hospital staff with flu-like symptoms for the CCP virus in tents set up to triage possible COVID-19 patients outside before they enter the main emergency department area at St. Barnabas hospital in the Bronx borough of New York City on March 24, 2020. Misha Friedman/Getty Images

Los Angeles County Health officials confirmed that a child died of the CCP virus, along with three other deaths, as more than 100 new cases were announced.

Dr. Barbara Ferrer, the head of Public Health for Los Angeles County, said in a televised conference that “a person under the age of 18” died and serves as “a devastating reminder that COVID-19 affects people of all ages.” She did not disclose the exact age of the individual but added the person is from Lancaster.