A four-year-old child in Riverside County has died after contracting COVID-19, public health officials have confirmed.
The child is the youngest person in the county to die from the virus since the onset of the pandemic. It is also the county's third pediatric death from COVID-19.
Doctors said the child had no underlying health conditions, according to KTLA.
The identity of the child, the family, and their city of residence are being withheld for the time being.
“This tragedy reminds us that this virus does not discriminate between the young and old,” Dr. Geoffrey Leung, public health officer for Riverside County, said in a written statement. “The death of this child strengthens our commitment to halt this pandemic before the loss of another young life.”