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Family patriarch dies, 28 relatives test positive for coronavirus after ‘minimal contact’
California family is grieving the loss of their patriarch to COVID-19, and battling at least 28 cases of it within their clan.Richard Garay tested positive for the coronavirus around the same time as his father, Vidal Garay, got sick in early June. Just two weeks later, Vidal died of the highly contagious respiratory virus, CNN reports.Since then, at least 28 members of the family have tested positive.“I just believe it happened through minimal contact,” Richard, 27, said, adding that his family had been following quarantine policies and that his dad visited three households not knowing he was infected.