At 21, Daniel Laske was on the cusp of a career, one in which he planned to combine his devotion to medicine with his love of politics. Mr. Laske tested positive for Covid-19 in February, his father, Darius Laske, said in a phone interview. After falling ill, he told his family that he had only a slight fever and muscle fatigue. Daniel died the next day, on Feb. 26, at his mother’s apartment in the Bronx. Though the medical examiner did not determine the official cause of death for some time, he told the family, “Covid definitely had something to do with it,” Darius Laske said.

Source: New York Times April 01, 2021 23:26 UTC