Boy, 4, drowns in Tas backyard pool

A four-year-old boy has drowned in a backyard pool in northern Tasmania.

The child was reported missing in the Launceston suburb of Youngtown on Sunday morning and was found unconscious in the pool a short time later.

Attempts at CPR were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead at the Launceston General Hospital.

A report is being prepared for the coroner.

Tasmania Police have declined to comment further on the death.