A 7-year-old African American boy has died of Covid-19 in Georgia, the youngest victim of the virus in the state, according to data compiled by the state health department. The boy was from Chatham County on Georgia's coast, and had no underlying health conditions. "Every COVID-19 death we report is tragic, but to lose someone so young is especially heart-breaking," Dr. Lawton Davis, the Health Director for the Coastal Health District, said in a statement. "We know that older individuals and those with underlying conditions are at higher risk of complications, but this is a disease everyone should take seriously," Davis said. Read more https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/06/us/georgia-boy-covid-19-death/index.html
