A California man revealed that 28 members of his family tested positive for coronavirus, including his father who passed away a week ago.
Richard Garay told KTLA that he was the first in his family to become infected with COVID-19 last month.
Shortly after his diagnosis, 27 other members of his family, including his 60-year-old father, Vidal Garay, became ill.
“It went from a stuffy nose to a full-blown headache and fever,” Garay said.
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Richard Garay (pictured) said he was the first in his family to become infected with COVID-19 last month.
Soon after his diagnosis, 27 other members of his family (pictured), including his father, Vidal Garay, 60, became ill.
Garay (right) said his condition worsened while his father’s (center) health was also declining
Garay said his condition worsened while his father’s health was also declining.
“I looked at my father and said to my father,” Dad, I don’t think I’m going to make it, “he said.
“Unfortunately, those were my last words to my father, and that was the last thing my father saw of me,” Garay told KTLA.
Garay’s father died just a day before Father’s Day and a month after celebrating his 60th birthday.
While it is unclear how exactly family members contracted the disease, Garay says they believe it was through contact between them.
A KTLA video clip shows Vidal with family members near his birthday in May.
“I don’t want my father’s death to be in vain,” he said. “I want people to understand that coronavirus is a real thing.”
Most of Garay’s family members have recovered from the virus.
The Garay family is now raising money on GoFundMe to pay for Vidal’s funeral expenses.
“He was a fighter, a role model, and he never quit,” Vidal’s family wrote on the site.
“I looked at my father and said to my father,” Dad, I don’t think I’m going to make it, “he said.” Unfortunately, those were my last words to my father, and that was the last thing my father saw about me, ” Garay said Garay’s father, Vidal (pictured), died just a day before Father’s Day.
Most of Garay’s family members have recovered from the virus. The Garay family is now raising money on GoFundMe to pay for Vidal’s funeral expenses. Vidal is photographed with his wife Norma and their three grandchildren.
In addition to his wife, Vidal (second from right) leaves behind, his three adult children, Juan, Richard and Benjamin (pictured), as well as three grandchildren with a fourth that will soon be born.
‘We are all heartbroken at the loss of Vidal and we were not prepared for the high cost of a funeral service. We want to give Vidal the monument he deserves, to honor his memory and say our last goodbyes, ” added the family.
Vidal leaves his 34-year-old wife Norma, their three children, Juan, Richard and Benjamin, as well as three grandchildren with a fourth who will soon be born.
The state of California is one of several states that is experiencing an increase in COVID-19 cases.
A staggering 2,507,874 infections have been reported in the United States, accounting for a quarter of the nearly 10 million cases in the world, according to a count by John Hopkins University, as fear grows that the worst is yet to come. come in various states.
The state of California is one of several states that is experiencing an increase in COVID-19 cases, reporting 2,169 new cases on Saturday. There are over 2.5 million cases of coronavirus in the US With 125,539 deaths
The United States recorded more than 45,000 new infections on Saturday, setting a new sad daily record for confirmed cases since the outbreak hit American soil.
In Los Angeles County, health officials warned Saturday that the state faces a “critical time” for the pandemic and that plans to reopen could also be in jeopardy if current trends in the cases continue.
“If we cannot find ourselves fulfilling these mandates, including wearing face covers and distancing ourselves when we are around others, we jeopardize our ability to move forward on the recovery journey,” said Barbara Ferrer, director of county health.
“Our collective responsibility is to take immediate steps, as individuals and companies, to reverse the trends we are experiencing.”
His comments came after California reported 2,169 new cases of coronavirus.
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