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COVID-19 Claims US Navy Lieutenant From Lake Elsinore
Lt. Ivey Quintana-Martinez, 35, died over the weekend, the Navy announced Tuesday.
LAKE ELSINORE, CA — U.S. Navy officials in San Diego Tuesday released the name of a sailor from Lake Elsinore who died of COVID-related complications over the weekend.
Lt. Ivey Quintana-Martinez, 35, died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to the Navy.
Quintana-Martinez, who was assigned to Navy Reserve Center San Diego, was admitted to the hospital on Nov. 10, according to a Navy statement.
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"Our thoughts and prayers remain with the family, shipmates and friends of Lt. Quintana-Martinez during this extremely difficult time," the Navy's statement read.
No further information was released about the death from military officials.
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—City News Service contributed to this report.
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