'It made my heart broke': Marshall first-graders, parents grieve loss of classmate to COVID-19

Published May 03 2021 at 9:00 PM GMT

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Michael Osterholm, an epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota who leads the university's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, said that severe cases of COVID-19 in children are still rare.
According to state Health Department data, kids younger than 15 make up about 9% of all of Minnesota's COVID-19 cases.