Mysterious childhood illness associated with COVID-19 being investigated in Colorado - FOX 31 Denver

DENVER (KDVR) — Three children at Children’s Hospital Colorado are now being investigated for a rare – but potentially deadly – new illness that’s associated with COVID-19.

Doctors first noticed Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) in Europe and now there are at least 150 cases in the United States.

Almost none of the children with the syndrome had breathing issues, a common symptom of the coronavirus.

In a separate update Wednesday, the Colorado School of Public Health said it estimates that as many as 167,000 Coloradans are suspected of already having had COVID-19.

Jill Hunsaker Ryan, the executive director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, said, “If you think about that, we are really still just at the beginning of this epidemic.”.

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