Mom of three, 31, dies of coronavirus days after giving birth to youngest child
A NEW mom tragically died from coronavirus just one week after giving birth to her baby.
Unique Clay, 31, from Chicago was one of 30 postal service workers who tested positive for the deadly virus in the Windy City.
Ms Clay welcomed her newborn daughter last week, but died days later at her home in Englewood.
Health officials rules she died a “natural” death from Covid-19, with ABC7 Chicago reporting the 31-year-old suffered with asthma, but was discharged from hospital despite testing positive for the virus.
She also has two other children.
“I’m devastated. I’m hurt,” said Alan Brown, Clay’s dad.
“She impacted a lot of people’s lives with her personality.”
Her mom said: “They sent my baby home with a lukewarm baby, with two other kids at home to take care of, with COVID.”
DEVASTATED
Unique Clay is the first USPS worker in the city to die from the virus, amid growing fears for frontline workers.
It’s not clear how she contracted the virus.
Local USPS union chapter president Mack Julion said: “We’re out there, we’re essential, there’s much interaction with our customers or the public.
“We may be not be first responders or health care workers, but we need this [PPE] in order to do our job as well and for our members to be safe.”
He added while that chapter initially struggled to get hold of protective equipment, like masks and gloves, it had since been “pretty good”.
She will truly be missed
A USPS spokesperson declined to comment on the tragic death, but said 1,606 employees had so far contracted the virus.
They added among the nationwide workforce of more than 630,000 there had been “some [coronavirus] deaths.”
Fellow colleagues and union representatives held a balloon release at Kilbourn Park in Ms Clay’s honor.
And Liz’s Hair-Heaven Salon, where Ms Clay was a regular, wrote on Facebook: “My heart is heavy!!! I’m sadden by the news of our beloved client/ like family.
“Unique Clay has passed away due to covid-19.
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“She will truly be missed. My prayers go out to her Mom and 3 children and a newborn and siblings.”
Another heartbroken friend wrote on Twitter: “Omg UNIQUE!! I been off Facebook I had no freaking idea she was sick I’m so sorry to the entire Clay family.
“She wasn’t even out of her 30s yet Damn man…Rip Angel.”
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