First-time mom dies of Covid-19 four days after welcoming son


  • World
  • Wednesday, 06 Jan 2021

MISSOURI, US (ANN): A first-time mother died of COVID-19 just four days after giving birth to a baby boy in Missouri in the United States.

JoEllen Engelbart, a 32-year-old assistant prosecutor for Jackson County, succumbed to the disease on Jan. 2, as per ABC affiliate KMBC on the same day.

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