A 21-year veteran of the NYPD has died after a battle with COVID-19, officials said Sunday.

“The NYPD family is grieving today as we announce the passing of Officer Leonardo Chavez, whose battle w/ #COVID ended yesterday,” Police Commissioner Dermott Shea said on his Twitter account. .

The NYPD family is grieving today as we announce the passing of Officer Leonardo Chavez, whose battle w/ #COVID ended yesterday.

Last month, Police Officer Sony Clerge, who was assigned to the Transit Borough Manhattan Task Force, also died from the virus