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Jairo Bravo, worker at Correctional Center
2Aug By Web TeamNo Comments
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Jairo Bravo, worker at Correctional Center

Jairo Bravo, a man who worked at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, died on August 1, 2020, from complications of COVID-19. He is believed to be the first employee of Miami-Dade’s County’s detention system lost to the virus. Jairo Bravo, 48, worked at TGK for less than a year. Before that, he spent three years with the Florida Department of Corrections. His family lives outside of the country and is trying to get to Miami. Funeral arrangements are forthcoming. Local10.com
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Linda Mendez
1Aug By user submittedNo Comments
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Linda Mendez

Linda Mendez My mom was admitted into the hospital on June 22nd. She was intubated the following day. My sister called the hospital to see how my mom was doing. My sister called me at work to advise that my mom tested positive for Covid 19, she was put in an induced coma, and on a ventilator. My heart tanked. My mom was released from the hospital on July 29th and passed away this Friday/ July 31st. I need to be her voice. From Misty Velasquez
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Herman Cain, politician
31Jul By Web TeamNo Comments
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Herman Cain, politician

Herman Cain – a US politician and former presidential candidate ‑ died of coronavirus on July 30, 2020. He was 74. "Herman Cain – our boss, our friend, like a father to so many of us – has passed away," editor of the website Dan Calabrese wrote. "He's entering the presence of the Saviour he's served as an associate minister at Antioch Baptist Church in Atlanta, and preparing for his reward." Mr Calabrese noted that because of his history with cancer and his age, Mr Cain was in a high-risk group. "We knew when he was first hospitalised with COVID-19 that this was going to be a rough fight," Calabrese wrote. "He had trouble breathing and was taken to the hospital by ambulance. "We all prayed that the in...
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Sergio Muñoz Sr, politician
31Jul By Web TeamNo Comments
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Sergio Muñoz Sr, politician

Sergio Muñoz Sr., a US politician, died on July 30, 2020, after recently becoming ill with COVID-19,. The father of current state Rep. Sergio Muñoz Jr. and the party’s vice chair, Muñoz Sr. served as representative for Texas’ 36th district between 1993 and 1997. The Palmview native was 68 at the time of his death. He died at DHR Health (Doctors Hospital at Renaissance) in Edinburg. “I know he fought a hard long battle to the end, and that was just who he was,” Muñoz Jr. said of his father. “He never gave up.” In 1995, during the 74th Legislature, Muñoz Sr. served on the House Committee on Elections, which among several tasks reviewed early voting by mail problems and provided oversight of that year&rsq...
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Erik Lloyd, police officer
30Jul By Web TeamNo Comments
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Erik Lloyd, police officer

Erik Lloyd – who had served with the Metropolitan Police Department for nearly 30 years, died from coronavirus at University Medical Center on July 29, 2020. He was 53. He worked to help the families of fellow Clark County police officers hurt or killed in the line of duty for more than 16 years. “Everyone knows Erik as the man that shows up when tragedy strikes, whether it’s injury or a death,” Will Huddler, chairman of the Las Vegas Police Managers and Supervisors Association, said before learning of Lloyd’s death. “And now, it’s just this awkward feeling for the agency and all of us that Erik is the one who needs help. He’s always been there to help us.” In a statement from the Metropolitan Police Department, delivered...
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Karen Smith, nurse
30Jul By Web TeamNo Comments
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Karen Smith, nurse

Karen Smith, a longtime Houston nurse of more than three decades, died on July 29, 2020, from COVID-19. When not working, Karen volunteered at a local fire department and that earned her a special farewell. Smith was wife to Harvie and mother to Meghan and Christopher. Her best friend, Colleen Lamb, choked back tears as she said simply, “I’m gonna miss her.” The two met 12 years ago when Lamb started working at the same medical clinic. “We lived three blocks apart and never knew it,” Lamb said. The two became friends fast. Both volunteered as EMTs at the Southeast Volunteer Fire Department. Lamb's dad founded the department decades ago. Smith's son and husband have both been volunteers, too. “We started running the rehab u...
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Estelia Perez, teenager
30Jul By Web TeamNo Comments
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Estelia Perez, teenager

Estelia Perez, a 16 years old girl in South Florida, died on July 29, 2020, after contracting COVID-19. Estelia's was family is from Guatemala. Her mother spoke with Local 10 News, saying she never thought this pandemic nightmare would hit so close to home. She said she is beyond heartbroken. According to her mother, Estelia was born with underlying medical conditions that made her among those most vulnerable to the coronavirus. She said Estelia came down with a fever in early July that went on for about three days. An ambulance took her to Nicklaus Children's Hospital on July 5. She was intubated until she died last Wednesday. Estelia is survived by two brothers, who live with their mother in Homestead. Their father was deported back to Guatemala in 2010. L...
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Joseph Costa, physician
26Jul By Web TeamNo Comments
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Joseph Costa, physician

Dr Joseph Costa, a Baltimore physician, died from coronavirus on July 25, 2020, after battling to save hundreds of patients. He was 56 years old. The Baltimore physician passed away surrounded by about 20 of his colleagues and while in the arms of his tearful husband, David Hart. He told The Washington Post that he pleaded with his partner to stay away from the hospital, with Joseph vulnerable due to a rare autoimmune disorder. "I begged him not to go to work," David said, but his brave husband felt it was important to lead his staff by continuing to work on the front lines. Both Joseph and David got sick with COVID-19 in late June, the Washington Post reported. David eventually recovered, but Joseph ended up in the hospital on a ventilator and later in a com...
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Jose Roberto Alvarez, food worker
21Jul By Web TeamNo Comments
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Jose Roberto Alvarez, food worker

Jose Roberto Alvarez, a worker at  Mission Foods in Commerce in Los Angeles County, died from Covid-19 complications on July 20, 2020. For Alisha Alvarez, the daughter of a high-risk essential worker, receiving the call that her parents had tested positive for COVID-19 was something she had feared for months, especially because of her father. “On Sunday, [June] 28th, him and my mom went to go get tested and they were both positive,” Alvarez explained. “The minute I got that call, it was heart wrenching.” Alvarez had major concerns about her dad, Jose Roberto Alvarez, 67, who was working full-time as the head of the maintenance team at Mission Foods, one of three locations shutdown by LA County Public Health on Sunday for failing to report outbrea...
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