March 25, 2020, 2:50 PM UTC / Updated March 25, 2020, 4:02 PM UTC
By Minyvonne Burke
A 42-year-old hospital worker in Georgia who had
coronavirus was found dead in her home with her 4-year-old child by her body.
Diedre Wilkes' body was discovered Thursday in the living room of her home in Newnan, about 40 miles southwest of Atlanta, after a family member called the Coweta County Sheriff's Office requesting a welfare check, the coroner, Richard Hawk, told NBC News on Wednesday.
It's believed she died 12 to 16 hours before she was found, the coroner said.
A posthumous coronavirus test was conducted and came back positive for COVID-19, according to Hawk. Wilkes did not have any known underlying health conditions, and an autopsy is being conducted, he said...
