DANVILLE, Va. – A veteran Danville Police officer who had been battling COVID-19 for about more than a month died Wednesday.

Officer Bonnie Jones was first diagnosed with the virus in late July and had been hospitalized and on a ventilator since early August.

Jones, 46, had been with the Danville Police Department since November 2004.

She is being remembered by her fellow officers and co-workers as fair, knowledgeable and well-liked.

A prayer vigil for Officer Jones was held outside the Municipal Building where she worked on August 17.