An-Najah News - The Governor of the State of Connecticut announced the death of a 6-week-old baby from the emerging corona virus, Wednesday, in becoming the world's smallest known victim of the deadly pandemic.

“The examinations confirmed yesterday evening that the infant was infected with COVID-19. This breaks the heart. We believe he is one of the youngest people in the world to die from complications caused by COVID-19," the governor wrote on Twitter.

The baby was hospitalized at the end of last week, but doctors' efforts to revive him failed.

What we know is that COVID-19 rarely infect children and very rarely, causing deadly complications for infants.

Connecticut State has on Wednesday recorded more than 3,500 cases and 85 deaths from the virus, according to the governor.