85 infants under age 1 tested positive for coronavirus in one Texas county (CNN)

[Mike 03]

Faith Karimi and Raja Razek, CNN
Updated 5:36 AM EDT, Sat July 18, 2020

Eighty-five infants under age 1 have tested positive for coronavirus in one Texas county. And local officials are imploring residents to help stop its spread as the state becomes one of the newest hotspots.

Since January, health authorities have identified more than 3.6 million Covid-19 cases throughout the United States. Nearly 140,000 people have died, according to Johns Hopkins University.

In Texas' Nueces County, where Corpus Christi is located, the number of new coronavirus cases skyrocketed in July after a flattening trend. The virus has infected dozens of babies and local officials are urging people to wear masks and practice social distancing.

"We currently have 85 babies under the age of one year in Nueces County that have all tested positive for Covid-19," said Annette Rodriguez, director of public health for Corpus Christi Nueces County.

"These babies have not even had their first birthday yet. Please help us stop the spread of this disease."

She did not provide additional details on their conditions.

Read more at link: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/07/18/health/texas-infants-coronavirus-trnd/index.html

[Iliyah]

1. Say what? . .

damn

[secondwind]

2. Omg......

I wonder if the Orange Anus will have anything to say about that....... maybe after his golf game. 😡

[riversedge]

3. Blood in on the hands of all leaders who do not act as Leaders and #wearadamnMask!

[Ohiogal]

4. What does the friggin "pro life" party have to say about this

...crickets ....

[uponit7771]

5. I take it the infants can infect parents too

[crickets]

6. The potential health issues, locked and loaded for a lifetime

before they even had a chance to get started... This is just one county in one state.

The man pretending to be president alternates between tweeting and golfing, while people sicken and die by the thousands every day. He's done nothing to stop it, even seems to have wilfully stoked the disease with shortages and lack of serious policy. I truly believe that criminal charges should be filed for the number of needless deaths, for the wrecked health of many of the survivors.

[First Speaker]

7. There's a special place in Hell for the GOP pols who brought us to this place...

...and the seat of honbor down there will go to You-Know-Who...

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. That's a damn shame

And the Mango Mussolini says we have the best testing in the world.

[demmiblue]

9. K&R