Two Ontario children under 10 died with COVID-19 in past two weeks
CTV
Two children in Ontario, one under the age of four and another under the age of 10, have died after testing positive for COVID-19 in the past two weeks, health officials say.
The deaths include a child under the age of four in Toronto and a child under the age of 10 in Wellington County, the respective local public health units said.
The circumstances surrounding both deaths are still not known.
"We offer our condolences as we confirm a recent COVID-19-related death of a child in Toronto," Toronto Public Health told CTV News Toronto in a statement Thursday, adding they are unable to provide further details due to privacy reasons.
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health also issued a statement Thursday confirming a girl under the age of 10 had died with COVID-19. They were unable to confirm the child's cause of death.
