102 Kids In New York Down With Kawasaki Disease
May 14, 2020
1:23 pm
New York state is probing around 102 cases of children diagnosed with a rare inflammatory syndrome, known as Kawasaki disease and possibly related to COVID-19.
A 5-year-old in New York City, a 7-year-old in Westchester County and a teenager in Suffolk County have died of the syndrome, which displays various symptoms including persistent fever, severe abdominal pain, bloodshot eyes and skin rash.
Governor Andrew Cuomo disclosed this at his daily briefing on Wednesday.
Seventy-one percent of the cases have resulted in ICU admission, 19 percent have resulted in intubation and 43 percent remain hospitalized, according to Cuomo.
The governor said …
