A 19-year-old college student in North Carolina died Monday from Covid-19 complications, school officials say.
Chad Dorrill, a sophomore exercise science major, died Monday night at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem.Wilson Wong
Chad Dorrill, an apparently healthy second-year student, was living off campus and taking all of his classes online when he developed flu-like symptoms earlier this month, university officials said in a statement. “Any loss of life is a tragedy, but the grief cuts especially deep as we mourn a young man who had so much life ahead,” University of North Carolina System President Peter Hans said in a
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