Pictured: Two-year-old boy who died with Covid – as NSW health reveals the child was ‘previously well’
- NSW recorded 14,970 new Covid cases on Sunday and a further four deaths
- The fatalities included a two-year-old boy from Sydney, two women, and a man
- NSW Health said the toddler was ‘previously well’ before his death on Sunday
A healthy two-year-old boy who tragically died in Sydney after contracting Covid-19 has been identified.
Carter Cheung had been on life support at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead after contracting the virus but his parents made the gutwrenching decision to it turn off on Saturday.
NSW recorded 14,970 new cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, while the number of people hospitalised with the virus spiked by 39.
NSW Health reported the toddler, two women and one man died from the virus on Sunday.
‘Tragically, a previously well two-year-old child from Sydney died at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead due to Covid-19 infection,’ NSW Health said in a statement on Monday.
Carter Cheung has died in Sydney after falling ill with Covid-19, his parents made the gutwrenching decision to turn off his life support on Saturday
‘NSW Health asks for the privacy of this child’s family to be respected during this most difficult time.’
A fundraiser has been set up to support the family at this difficult time.
Of the three adults who died with the virus, one was in their 70s, one was in their 80s, and one was in their 90s.
New cases of the virus dipped by 1,843 in the 24-hours until 4pm on Sunday – in line with a typical drop in the reporting of cases on the weekend.
However, there are now 1163 patients with the virus in NSW hospitals with the increase predicted by health authorities who say the state is on the cusp of a wave of new cases as the new Omicron sub-variant BA.2 takes hold.
The researchers from the UNSW who predicted the explosion of Omicron COVID cases in January say the more transmissible BA2 has become dominant and will lead to a dramatic uptick in cases.
NSW Health said the toddler was ‘previously well’ before his death on Sunday
They are predicting a subsequent rise in hospitalisations and intensive care but say most who have received a booster vaccination should be protected from severe disease.
There are 34 people with the virus in intensive care.
NSW Health reports 58.4 per cent of people have had three doses of a Covid-19 vaccine, and 79.3 per cent of people aged 12-15 have had two jabs and – 48.9 per cent of children aged five-11 have had one dose.
The latest fatalities bring the number of Covid-related deaths in NSW since the start of the pandemic to 2027.
In January, an eight-year-old baby died after testing positive to the virus, becoming the youngest person in Australia to pass away with Covid-19.
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