First teen dies due to COVID-19 in Virginia – WWBT NBC12 News

We were extremely saddened to learn of the loss of the states first adolescent with COVID-19. On behalf of all of us at VDH, I extend sincere condolences to the teenagers family and loved ones, said State Health Commissioner M. Norman Oliver, M.D., M.A. No age group is immune from the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and this unfortunate event, along with the increasing numbers of coronavirus cases we are seeing in some areas of the Commonwealth, is a reminder that we all need to do our part to help slow the spread of virus in the community.

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