HOUSTON – Thursday marked one year since the World Health Organization first called the new coronavirus a pandemic. Her father, Frank Granados Jr., died from pneumonia and complications from COVID-19 in Houston on February 14. last March came as the virus spread and life as we knew it was turned upside down. Over the past year, Mangat said she ended up treating hundreds of COVID-19 patients. “But we were always there for the patients.”AdShe said healthcare workers stepped up to battle the virus.