- Skylar Herbert, 5, of Detroit, Michigan, who complained to her parents a month ago of a headache, has died after contracting the coronavirus
- After spending two weeks on a ventilator, Skylar died Sunday after testing positive for COVID-19 in March and later developing a rare form of meningitis
- Skylar’s mother LaVondria says her child’s improvement had stopped, and that doctors said she was possibly brain dead
- Skylar, the daughter of Detroit first responders, is believed to be the first child infected with the coronavirus to die in Michigan
- Before her, the youngest person to die from COVID-19 in the state was 20, according to Michigan’s Department of Health and Human Services
- There have been 31,348 confirmed cases in Michigan of the coronavirus, which has been blamed for 2,389 deaths
A five-year-old Michigan girl who complained to her parents a month ago of a headache has died after contracting the coronavirus.
After spending two weeks on a ventilator, Skylar Herbert of Detroit died Sunday.
She had tested positive for COVID-19 in March and later developed a rare form of meningitis and brain swelling.
Her mother LaVondria, who is a police officer, said Skylar’s improvement had stopped, and that doctors said she was possibly brain dead. Her father is a firefighter.
‘We basically just knew she wasn’t coming back to us,’ LaVondria told the Detroit News reports.
Skylar is believed to be the first child infected with the coronavirus to die in Michigan.
Her parents say they don’t know how Skylar contracted the virus and that she had no other health issues.
Before her, the youngest person to die from COVID-19 was 20, according to Michigan’s Department of Health and Human Services.
