Death of baby with COVID-19 in Berks County investigated as co-sleeping accident, coroner says

Friday, July 24, 2020
WEST READING, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- The death of a baby girl who tested positive for COVID-19 during an autopsy is being investigated as an accident, a Pennsylvania coroner said.

The baby, who was just 26 days old, died Sunday at Reading Hospital.
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In an update on Friday, acting Berks County Coroner Jonn Hollenbach said the death may have been from accidental suffocation after co-sleeping with an adult.

Final autopsy results are still pending.
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However, Hollenbach said there has been no evidence so far that the girl died from COVID-19, or that the virus played a role in her death.
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