A man who shared his regret for going to a party where he caught COVID-19 died the following day

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• A man who contracted COVID-19 at a party died the day after he shared his regret on Facebook.
• Thomas Macias, 51, wrote on Facebook on June 20 that he had tested positive after the party, and warned other people to not be an "idiot like me," NBC News reported.
• He wrote "Hopefully with God's help I'll be able to survive this," but was hospitalised and died the next day.
• His brother in law told NBC News that Macias had been quarantining before the party because he had diabetes and was overweight.
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A man who shared his regret for going to a party in California after contracting the coronavirus died a day after posting his message.

Thomas Macias, 51, went to a party in the town of Lake Elsinore in early June, NBC News' Janelle Griffith reported.

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