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Kansas reports 8th child death from COVID-19

2nd child death in 2 weeks
child covid cases
Posted at 9:40 AM, Jan 25, 2022
and last updated 2022-01-25 10:40:29-05

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Another Kansas child has died of COVID-19, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

In an update on Monday, KDHE said that a child in the 10-17 year age range died from the virus.

That is the fourth teen to die of COVID-19 in that age range, and the eighth child to die in Kansas overall from the virus.

The other four children were between 0 and 9 years old.

As of November 2021, six children in Kansas had died from COVID-19. The seventh child passed away last week.


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