Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Efren Coronel died after contracting COVID-19 as the result of a confirmed exposure at the intersection of 8th Street and Main Street during the arrest of an offender who was positive with COVID-19.
Officer Coronel had served with the El Centro Police Department for 24 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Police Officer Efren Coronel died on June 3, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 51.
He is one of 884 officers honored here.
Beginning in early 2020, law enforcement officers across the country contracted COVID-19 in the course of their duties. While much of the nation sheltered at home, they kept answering calls, making arrests, transporting prisoners, and working face to face with the public. There was no distance to be had from the job.
Corrections officers were hit hardest. Confined facilities and large populations meant constant, close, unavoidable exposure.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and two children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Police Officer Coronel gave the El Centro Police Department 24 years.
Thank you for your service to the El Centro community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Coronel.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Efren Coronel is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In CA, 75 of 1,837 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 4.1% of this state's fallen. That is 5 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At El Centro Police Department, 1 of 5 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 20% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Efren Coronel's cause is highlighted.
How Efren Coronel Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Efren Coronel is highlighted in Jun.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
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