'My uncle passed, my grandmother passed, my dad passed, then my other uncle passed,' Anthony Franklin said. 'It's literally like seven to eight days apart. It's horrific.'
The brothers and their mother all tested positive for coronavirus, Jason Melancon, a spokesman for the New Orleans Coroner's Office, told NBC News on Tuesday. It is unclear if the tests were conducted before or after they died. Melancon said their causes of death are as yet undetermined.
It is unclear how they contracted the virus. The Louisiana Department of Health said it could not comment about individual cases.
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