Queens Man With Coronavirus Dies In Self-Isolation: Reports

JACKSON HEIGHTS, QUEENS — A Queens man with underlying health conditions died Wednesday after he tested positive for the new coronavirus and hospital doctors sent him home to self-isolate, according to news reports.

Teodosio Torres, 76, died in his Jackson Heights home just days after he went to New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital to get tested for COVID-19, the New York Post reported.

Torres, who suffered from high blood pressure and diabetes, went to the hospital Friday to get tested for the new coronavirus and was sent home to wait for the results, which turned out positive, according to the Post.

Torres' wife called the hospital Sunday to report that his condition was worsening, but, for some reason, Torres wasn't admitted, the Post reported.

He died Wednesday just after asking his wife for some water, according to the New York Daily News; when she came back with the water, he was unresponsive.

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