{"id":9935,"date":"2020-04-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=9935"},"modified":"2020-04-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T00:00:00","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=9935","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Leiva,  Emergency Medical Technician"},"content":{"rendered":" <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/wp-content\/uploads\/imageholder\/uploads\/Kevin_Leiva.jpg?w=810\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-750\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n <p><p>Kevin Leiva, 24, Emergency Medical Technician, Dover, New Jersey &ndash; passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 9 April&nbsp;2020. Kevin was 24 years old.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Leiva was remembered as smart, positive and selfless, who lived to help others through being an EMT.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&ldquo;Kevin was only 24 years old,&quot; said Murphy. &ldquo;Bless him. We thank him for his service. For an extraordinary lifetime. For his service to this state.&rdquo;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/coronavirus\/2020\/04\/24-year-old-emt-with-coronavirus-dies.html\">NJ<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?page_id=303\" target=\"_blank\">Please help us in adding details.<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/p><p><\/p>\n \n \n<p><a href=\"\"><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Leiva, 24, Emergency Medical Technician, Dover, New Jersey &ndash; passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 9 April&nbsp;2020. Kevin was 24 years old. Leiva was remembered as smart, positive and selfless, who lived to help others through being an EMT. &ldquo;Kevin was only 24 years old,&quot; said Murphy. &ldquo;Bless him. We [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[48,7019,15],"tags":[1051,114,8051,113,792,6531,6710,6216,8083,6723,6709,6224,6853,6434,6435],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/wp-content\/uploads\/imageholder\/uploads\/Kevin_Leiva.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9253,"url":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=9253","url_meta":{"origin":9935,"position":0},"title":"Jermain Ifill, Emergency Medical Technician","date":"April 1, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Jermain Ifill \u2013 an Emergency Medical Technician in Guyana \u2013 passed away on 31 March\u00a02020, after suffering from COVID-19. Jermain was 38 years old. 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