Former Peruvian World Cup and his wife test positive for coronavirus



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The coronavirus hits the soccer family in Peru hard. The former Peruvian soccer player and world champion, Héctor Chumpitaz, and his wife, María Esther Dulanto, have tested positive for the coronavirus.

The information was confirmed by her son through social networks. Both had been admitted to a local clinic after performing the test.



Héctor Chumpitaz is a Rimac historian. He participated in two World Cups with Peru, in 1970 and 1978, reaching the quarterfinals on both occasions. In addition, he was champion of the Copa América in 1975 and finalist of the Copa Libertadores in 1972 with Universitario.

Peru currently has more than 42 thousand infected with the new coronavirus and 1,200 who have died from the disease. So far, 5098 people have been hospitalized and 671 are on mechanical ventilation.

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