COVID-19 claimed its youngest victim in the Capitale-Nationale since the start of the pandemic when a 4-year-old girl lost her life on Sunday at the CHUL.
The CHU de Québec-Université Laval made the announcement on Monday afternoon. “The CHU de Québec-Université Laval regrets to announce the death at the CHUL of a 4-year-old girl due to circumstances related to COVID-19,” reads a short press release.
According to the CIUSSS de la Capitale-Nationale, this child is the youngest to die of COVID-19 in this territory since the start of the pandemic. The closest victim in age, who died in January 2021, was 29.
Gone too soon
The CHU offered its condolences to the girl’s parents and family. The family of five children does not wish to comment on the situation.
“In the space of just 24 hours, our life has been completely turned upside down. Our little unicorn flew to the sky much too soon, ”wrote his mother in particular on his personal page.
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“It was in an extremely difficult and rapid context that the casserole left,” also specified a relative who launched a crowdfunding campaign.
“This news is incredibly sad. I would like to offer my most sincere condolences to the family and loved ones of this little girl,” also briefly commented on the Minister of Health, Christian Dubé.
Since the start of the pandemic in Quebec, children aged 0 to 9 represent 9.3% of the number of detected cases of COVID-19.
The hospitalization rate in this age group is only 1.6% and deaths are extremely rare, even non-existent or almost non-existent. The mortality would be only two cases per million.
Last December, a baby less than two months old died at the CHU Sainte-Justine, in Montreal, after contracting COVID-19.
Very rare
In September 2021, in Saint-Jérôme, a 27-year-old father also died of COVID-19.
According to a December 2021 working document from the CHU Sainte-Justine, the population of children aged 12 to 18 is marginal in studies and no case reports concern children under the age of 12.
As of November 29 in Quebec, the INSPQ indicated that there were no deaths among 0-9 year olds.
However, the Institute does not release numbers below 5, in order to avoid identifying deceased persons.