‘Healthy’ mom, 32, ‘died alone just one day after coronavirus diagnosis before family could see her’
A MOM was killed by the coronavirus just one day after her diagnosis — and her brother says the worst part is that she died alone.
Jessica Beatriz Cortéz, a 32-year-old mother, was “complaining about body aches, that she felt a ” in recent weeks, César Cortéz .
He said on March 26, Cortéz, who lived in , went to work, but her body aches got worse and she was hospitalized on March 27.
She died on March 28, he said.
“This all happened in less than a week,” Cortéz’s brother said. “I got a call that she was in .”
“I left what I was doing and went to the hospital and when I got there, she had already passed away.”
He said the “hardest part” about the entire thing was that his sister “died alone.”
Cortéz’s family didn’t know whether the 32-year-old had pre-existing conditions. Her brother said she leaves being a nine-year-old daughter.
She had from El Salvador roughly three years ago, and her death marks the fourth Salvadorian to die in the country from the virus.
Across the U.S., more than 258,000 cases of the coronavirus have been reported, with at least 6,600 deaths.
Health experts and officials across the country are warning nonessential workers to stay at home to prevent spreading the coronavirus.
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In California, where Cortez died, more than 11,000 people have tested positive for the illness.
Last month, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a stay-at-home order for the Golden State’s 40 million residents.
He urged them to stay home indefinitely and to go outside only for essential jobs, errands and some exercise.
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