A 1-week-old child has tested positive for the new coronavirus, health officials said Monday morning. The child, from the Cleveland area, is perhaps the youngest across the state to have tested positive for COVID-19, officials with the Cuyahoga County Health Department said. Dr. Heidi Gullett, the county’s medical director, gave the update Monday morning, saying that there are 826 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Cuyahoga County. The patients range in age from 1 week to 101 years old, Gullett said, not giving further details about the child’s case. It’s unknown if the child was born with COVID-19 or if the virus was transmitted after birth, Gullett said. As of Sunday afternoon, the state of Ohio has 4,043 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 119 deaths.For most people, the coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as a fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia and death.

A 1-week-old child has tested positive for the new coronavirus, health officials said Monday morning.

The child, from the Cleveland area, is perhaps the youngest across the state to have tested positive for COVID-19, officials with the Cuyahoga County Health Department said.


Dr. Heidi Gullett, the county’s medical director, gave the update Monday morning, saying that there are 826 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Cuyahoga County.

The patients range in age from 1 week to 101 years old, Gullett said, not giving further details about the child’s case.

It’s unknown if the child was born with COVID-19 or if the virus was transmitted after birth, Gullett said.

As of Sunday afternoon, the state of Ohio has 4,043 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 119 deaths.

For most people, the coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as a fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia and death.