A mum has made a heartbreaking statement after her young daughter died of Covid-19 15 hours after being discharged from hospital.
Tagan White, from Amarillo, Texas, first fell ill last Tuesday and began to sleep for long periods. On Wednesday she started throwing up, prompting her mum Lastassija White to take her to hospital the following day.
Because Tagan had not been suffering from common Covid-19 symptoms such as a fever or cough, her parents did not suspect that she had caught the coronavirus.
Lastassija and Tagan's dad Quincy Drone were therefore surprised when a test came back positive. Despite a doctor's assurances that she could leave hospital and would be "fine", the young girl grew weaker throughout the evening.
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