Jordyn Woods is “praying” for boyfriend Karl-Anthony Towns, who announced Friday he tested positive for COVID-19.
“Praying for you babe. I know you’re going to pull through. God’s got you and so does your most powerful guardian Angel up there,” 23-year-old Woods tweeted Friday.
“You’re one of the strongest people I know. Please send some prayers up,” she continued.
In April, Towns’ mother, Jacqueline Cruz, died from coronavirus complications. The Minnesota Timberwolves center has also lost six other family members to the lethal virus.
“I’ve seen a lot of coffins in the last seven months,” Towns, 25, said in December, per ESPN.
“I have a lot of people who have — in my family and my mom’s family — gotten COVID. I’m the one looking for answers still, trying to find how to keep them healthy. It’s just a lot of responsibility on me to keep my family well-informed and to make all the moves necessary to keep them alive,” he continued.
Woods, who made her relationship with Towns Instagram official in September, added Friday she and her family had tested negative for COVID-19.
In a statement posted Friday on social media, Towns said he prays “every day that this nightmare of a virus will subside.”
“We cannot stop the spread of this virus alone, it must be a group effort by all of us,” Towns wrote.
“It breaks my heart that my family, and particularly my father and sister continue to suffer from the anxiety that comes along with this diagnosis as we know all too well what the end result could be,” he continued. “To my niece and nephew, Jolani and Max, I promise you I will not end up in a box next to grandma and I will beat this.”
