‘He’s More Than Just A Number’: A Daughter Remembers Her Father Who Died From COVID-19

As of this week, more than 200,000 people in the U.S. have died of COVID-19.

Richard Proia, an accountant from Rochester, New York, is one of those hundreds of thousands who lost their lives to the coronavirus. The 66-year-old, who died in April, left behind a grieving family who are still finding their footing after losing their beloved dad, daughter Angelina Proia says.

On April 1, Richard Proia was sick with a urinary tract infection. At the time, doctors didn’t suspect it was the coronavirus, Angelina Proia says. On April 3, he began to feel lethargic and went to the hospital.