Malaga: – Spanish football coach Francisco Garcia, who worked with Atletico Portada Alta, has died from Coronavirus. He was 21. 

He was suffering from leukemia which made him vulnerable against the virus and he was taken to the Regional Hospital of Malaga with severe coronavirus symptoms where he passed away on Sunday, reports said.

Garcia had served as Malaga-based club Atletico Portada Alta’s youth team Manager since 2016 and has now become the fifth and the youngest victim to have died from the Coronavirus in the region. 

A statement from the Club read: “From Atletico Cotada Alta we want to express our deepest condolences to the family, friends and relatives of our coach Francisco Garcia who has left us, unfortunately, unfortunately, today.”

Major football leagues in Spain have all been suspended indefinitely to contain the spread of Coronavirus.