New York Is Investigating 85 Cases of a COVID-Related Illness in Children: Cuomo

Jim Malatras, president of SUNY Empire State College, left, listens as New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo takes one final question while leaving his daily CCP virus press briefing at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York, on April 28, 2020. Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images

New York authorities are investigating 85 cases of illnesses related to COVID-19 in children, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a daily update on Sunday.

Cuomo said that New York’s Department of Health is looking into the dozens of inflammatory illness in children, which is known as Pediatric Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome. It has similar symptoms to Kawasaki disease.