A seventh child has died after contracting Strep A, according to reports.
On Saturday it was reported that a 12-year-old Year 8 pupil from a school in south London had died after developing the infection, according to The Guardian. This would take the total number of deaths to seven.
On Friday, the UK Health Security Agency confirmed that six children in England and Wales had died from the infection in recent months. Muhammad Ibrahim Ali died at his home in High Wycombe on November 14 after experiencing a cardiac arrest, his heartbroken mother said.
