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May 15, 2020
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‘This is something new’: Syndrome associated with COVID-19 sickens more kids

As of Thursday, New York said it was investigating 110 cases and three deaths among children experiencing a syndrome that has features similar to atypical Kawasaki disease and toxic shock syndrome. New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has said that 60% of children with the syndrome tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 infection, and the other 40% had antibodies specific to the coronavirus, which causes COVID-19.