California woman, 32, with coronavirus dies one day after positive diagnosis

4years ago

Huntington Beach news, California news.

A 32-year-old California woman has passed away one day after testing positive for COVID-19, her grieving family told a news outlet.

Jessica Beatriz Cortez initially felt sick late last week: “She began by complaining about body aches, that she felt a heaviness and fatigue,” Cesar Cortez told reporters. But shortly later, the symptoms grew critical with pain and chills: “This all happened in less than a week,” Cortez said. “I got a call that she was in very grave condition…I left what I was doing and went to the hospital and when I got there, she had already passed away.”

The woman was hospitalized on Friday and pronounced dead Saturday. She is survived by a 9-year-old daughter and it remains unclear if she had underlying health conditions.