NBA: Karl-Anthony Towns says mother in coma with coronavirus

Minnesota Timberwolves all-star Karl-Anthony Towns bared in an emotional Instagram video that his mother is in coma with coronavirus (COVID-19).

Towns said his mother is in a medically-induced coma and connected to a ventilator.

Symptoms started to show last week, and fever reached 103 degrees.

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Sharing my story in the hopes that everyone stays at home! We need more equipment and we need to help those medical personnel on the front lines. Thank you to the medical staff who are helping my mom. You are all the true heroes! Praying for all of us at this difficult time.

A post shared by Karl-Anthony Towns (@karltowns) on Mar 24, 2020 at 9:48pm PDT

Towns is averaging 26.5 PPG, 10.8 RPG, 4.4 APG, and 1.8 BPG in the 2019-2020 NBA season for the Wolves.