Cape Coral Police arrested a man who they found battering a pregnant woman he thought had the novel coronavirus.

Joseph Cory Newell, 24, of Fort Myers, was arrested and charged Tuesday with aggravated battery — knowing the victim was pregnant, according to a Cape Coral Police report.

At 11:06 p.m., police were dispatched for a disturbance where they found a person in a parking lot pointing at a building and said they could hear screams coming from the back.

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The name and location of the victim was redacted from reports due to Marsy's Law being invoked.

As police searched the building, they could hear yelling and grunting and found Newell straddling the victim. He appeared to have his arms and hands around the victim's neck, the report states.

The victim was crying for Newell to get off and she had blood on her face.

Police pulled Newell off the woman, but they had difficulty handcuffing him because of his level of intoxication, police said in the report.

Newell started rambling about having COVID-19 and started banging his head against the cement floor, police said in the report.

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Newell was taken into custody, and the woman told police they had been sitting outside for 40 minutes when Newell started punching and choking her.

The woman said she was six months pregnant and that Newell knew she was pregnant.

A few days before, the woman said she and Newell had a separate altercation where he accused her of catching COVID-19. He lost his temper and began punching and choking her, police said in the report.

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She also said she had lost consciousness when he was strangling her.

The woman was transported to Cape Coral Hospital due to her pregnancy and appearing to have a panic attack, the report states.

Newell was transported to Lee County jail.

Witnesses, who were not identified by police, said they could hear yelling "to get off," and that "he was going to hurt the baby."

Newell is being held in jail on $15,000 bond and has a court hearing scheduled for April 20.