A 34-year-old California man reportedly died days after testing positive for the coronavirus and two weeks after visiting Disney World.
Jeffrey Ghazarian died Thursday in a Pasadena, California, hospital. His death came two weeks after visiting Walt Disney World and Universal Studios in Florida, according to TMZ, citing his family.
Ghazarian was in Orlando for a conference on March 2 but stayed a few days extra to visit the theme parks with some friends.
Soon after getting back, Ghazarian reportedly developed a cough on March 7 and later was diagnosed with pneumonia. On March 13, he tested positive for the coronavirus and the following day was taken to the hospital and put in the intensive care unit. He reportedly had a history of asthma and bronchitis as a child.
“He suffered a lot and put up a good fight. We will miss our Jeff every day, but we are thankful for all the fun, happy memories of the times we had together,” his sister said.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report Wednesday that found 38% of the hospitalizations in the United States were from adults between the ages of 20 and 54 years old, despite many assuming the elderly comprised the bulk of hospitalizations.
As of Thursday afternoon, more than 13,000 people in the U.S. have tested positive for the virus, 108 have recovered, and 176 have died, according to Johns Hopkins University.
