Boy, 15, dies in Sydney hospital after contracting pneumococcal meningitis and COVID-19

Osama Suduh died with meningitis and COVID-19.  (Supplied)

A 15-year-old Sydney boy who was being treated for pneumococcal meningitis as well as COVID-19 has died.

The death has been confirmed by the Sydney Children's Hospital at Randwick where the boy, Osama Subuh, was being treated.

He was unvaccinated for COVID-19 but was up-to-date with his routine childhood vaccinations.

Osama, from south-west Sydney, was admitted to hospital yesterday.

Sydney Children's Hospital at Randwick confirmed the death. (Supplied: Facebook)

Chief health officer Kerry Chant confirmed he had been diagnosed with COVID.

"This has been cleared by his family. I can confirm that there is someone admitted to hospital that is 15 and that the cause of their admission, whilst they are COVID positive, is related to another health condition," she said.

"The family has agreed that we can indicate that he has pneumococcal meningitis."

Sydney's Children Hospital said that while he was a confirmed COVID-19 case, it was not the cause of his death.

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