Police officer dies from COVID-19 just 3 months after retirement
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COVID-19 has taken the lives of more than 575,000 Americans and counting.
Those we ve lost come from all backgrounds and include the very people first responders and medical staff who have been working on the front lines. But the virus has also highlighted the disparities in the U.S. taking a disproportionate toll on communities of color, the elderly and the poor.
Each week ABC News is spotlighting several Americans who have lost their lives to COVID-19. This week, we re highlighting a police officer, a retired math teacher and a 35-year-old woman whose husband is battling his own illness.