A CarePoint Health physician who worked at Christ Hospital has died from complications of the coronavirus, hospital officials said Wednesday.

Dr. Leo Dela Cruz died at Holy Name Hospital Wednesday morning, CarePoint Health spokesman Eric Bloom said.

“It is with a great deal of sadness and heavy heart that we share with you the news of the passing of our beloved attending physician, Dr. Leo DeLaCruz,” Dr. Tucker Woods and Marie Duffy said in a statement.

“Once you met Dr. Dela Cruz, you would never forget him because of his kind, gentle and fun personality,” the statement continued. “He was a good person, a sweet man that was loved by everyone in the hospital.

"He was a great psychiatrist for the patients in our community and also a great friend and adviser for our own staff. If anyone was going through a rough period, he was there to help.”

Bloom said Dela Cruz did not treat coronavirus patients before he fell ill. County and state officials says Hudson County has more than 5,300 reported cased of coronavirus, including 1,970 in Jersey City.

In tributes on social media, friends and colleagues said Dela Cruz earned a “top doctor” award three years in a row.

“He is one of the best friend you could ever have with gentle soul full of life and love to everyone,” One friend said. “Voted as one of the best doctors in New Jersey three years in a row!”

The owners of CarePoint Health have created a COVID-19 relief fund through the CarePoint Health Foundation to relieve some of the strain on hospital employees and "to provide financial assistance and other means of support to the families of those loved ones whom the CarePoint family has lost."

If you would like to donate please visit the website https://www.carepointhealth.org/about-us/carepoint-health-foundation/

This report was updated at 6:15 p.m. with new information that Dr. Dela Cruz did not treat coronavirus patients.