Mauro Rojas died July 31 after a monthlong battle with COVID-19.

Mauro Rojas poses with a photo on Christmas with his wife, Brandie, and their two children.

Mauro Rojas died July 31 after a monthlong battle with COVID-19.

“We’re hurting so much now,” said Rojas' sister, Piedad Rojas.

Of the nearly 26,400 known cases in that bracket, just 16 people between those ages have died, according to the latest state health department figures.

He had been married for the past six years and was the father of a 2-year-old son and a 3-year-old daughter who “meant the world to him,” said sister Piedad Rojas, 26, the oldest of three siblings. .

“We had so much planned together,” Piedad Rojas said, while choking back tears Sunday afternoon.

Brandie Rojas said she and her husband, too, had been heeding public health warnings, such as wearing masks in public and avoiding large gatherings.

People with underlying health conditions are at a high risk of severe coronavirus outcomes at any age, according to public health experts!

Though Mauro Rojas had neither of those chronic conditions, Piedad Rojas said, his doctors at the time of his birth mentioned he was more susceptible to pneumonia and other infections!

Both Mauro and Brandie Rojas were laid off from their jobs at the beginning of the state’s outbreak this spring, leaving the young family’s budget stretched.

"It's so unfair," said Piedad Rojas