Nearly two dozen New York City teachers have died with the coronavirus over the last month as the death toll at the epicenter of the pandemic continues to climb.

As of 1 p.m., April 13, a total of 6,182 people have died in the Big Apple with the coronavirus, and another roughly 30,000 have been hospitalized in recent weeks, according to the NYC website.

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Those figures include at least 21 teachers who perished, along with 22 paraprofessionals, two administrators, a facilities staffer, a guidance counselor, a food service worker, and two central office employees in the 1.1 million student school system, CNN reports

The deaths represent educators and public school employees who died between March 16 and April 10.

“This is painful news for too many of our communities—each number represents a life, a member of one our schools or offices, and the pain their loved ones are experiencing is unimaginable,” New York City Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza said in a statement.

“We will be there to support our students and staff in any way they need, including remote crisis and grief counseling each day. We mourn these losses and will not forget the impact each person had on our DOE family.”

The NYC Department of Education is not confirming individual teacher deaths, but the city’s teacher’s union, the United Federation of Teachers, is highlighting the life and legacy of members whose deaths were reported by family members.

WABC reports:

Some of those lost include Claudia Shirley who taught Spanish at PS 45 in Brooklyn and then PS 377. They called her Mama Shirl and respected her patience and her warmth.

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She had a deep-rooted faith in the value of education.

Sandra Vizcaino was a dual language teacher at PS 9 in Prospect Heights for 25 years.

One colleague said she lived for teaching. Her students loved her and shared their stories with her. Her colleagues respected her for her dedication and long hours.

David Behrbom taught physical education at PS 55 in the Bronx for the last 15 years. He shared with his students a love for hip hop and one colleague said he always offered a hand to anyone in need.

He organized Olympic games every year at the school to see students come together in competition.

Carol King-Grant taught special education for 6th-graders at the Mott Hall Science and Technology Academy for six years. She dedicated her life, as teachers do, to a better future for the children.

“This is about people who are beloved in their school communities and have done so much good, and now they’re gone,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said at a coronavirus press conference Monday.

Liat Olenick, a Brooklyn elementary school teacher, told Chalkbeat UFT members demanded to know the number of victims to highlight the emotional impact the ordeal has made on students and school employees.

“We can’t just keep posting things on google classroom and not address the emotional [and] mental health needs of our families,” she said. “Kids are losing their teachers. We’re losing colleagues. We need support.”

UFT President Michael Mulgrew said school officials are scrambling to cover classes for teachers who died in the pandemic as grief counselors work overtime to help folks cope with the “very traumatic” ordeal.

“It’s really a great challenge to do it remotely,” he said, “and our folks are swamped, completely swamped at this point.”