Police are investigating the death last week of a 15-day-old baby from southern Tasmania.

The baby boy was admitted to Royal Hobart Hospital on Thursday, 5 November, with critical injuries and sadly, died two days later.

Anyone with information regarding this incident can contact Police on 131 444, or report anonymously to Crime Stoppers Tasmania on 1800 333 000. Please quote Offence Report number 821935.

As this matter is now an active police investigation, Tasmania Police won’t be providing further comment at this time.