A mother and her daughter died just hours apart from each other after both contracting Covid-19. Carolina Tovar, 86, and Letty Ramirez, 54, were inseparable as the matriarchs of their family in Los Angeles.
During Carolina's later years Letty acted as her most trusted care giver, taking her to hospital each week for dialysis. In March both women began to suffer from breathing difficulties and were admitted to hospital.
On April 3 both died from Covid-19, hours apart from each other and in separate hospitals. “It felt like somebody kicked my stomach,” 28-year-old Alexis Ramirez, Letty’s eldest daughter, told the LA Times. Do you have a coronavirus story?