COVID-19 Claims Navy Lieutenant From Southwest Riverside County

Temecula CA

21 December, 2021

3:52 PM

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LAKE ELSINORE, CA — U.S. Navy officials in San Diego Tuesday released the name of a sailor from Lake Elsinore who died of COVID-related complications over the weekend. Lt. Ivey Quintana-Martinez, 35, died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to the Navy. Quintana-Martinez, who was assigned to Navy Reserve Center San Diego, was admitted to the hospital on Nov. 10, according to a Navy statement. "Our thoughts and prayers remain with the family, shipmates and friends of Lt. Quintana-Martinez during this extremely difficult time," the Navy's statement read. No further information was released about the death from military officials. —City News Service contributed to this report.