21-year-old football coach Francisco Garcia dies due to coronavirus. Image via Yahoo News.
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Football coach Francisco Garcia dies from coronavirus

Francisco Garcia, the 21-year-old youth coach for the junior team of the Malaga-based football club Atletico Portada Alta, has died after he was diagnosed with the coronavirus. Garcia suffered from leukemia, which had gone undiagnosed until he was in the hospital receiving care for his COVID-19 diagnosis, with the underlying condition making him more susceptible to succumb to the virus.

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