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5-Year-Old Michigan Girl Dies from COVID-19

HeadlineApr 21, 2020

In Michigan, a 5-year-old girl from Detroit, the daughter of two first responders, died of COVID-19. Skylar Herbert is Michigan’s youngest known death from the coronavirus. She spent two weeks on a ventilator after developing a rare complication that caused her brain to swell.

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