Award-winning local Latin jazz piano master Nachito Herrera, afflicted with the deadly COVID-19 virus weeks ago, is reportedly showing signs of progress.

Herrera, who two weeks ago was rushed into the intensive care unit of the University of Minnesota Medical Center, was reportedly taken off a lung oxygenation machine Friday.

Yet he remains on a ventilator and in critical condition, according to family members who were able to see but not directly communicate with him Friday.

Herrera, a classical music prodigy and longtime White Bear Lake resident, is a much sought after performer at the Dakota jazz club in Minneapolis. He is also internationally renowned as the founder of Cubanismo, a critically acclaimed Afro Cuban and jazz band that essentially disbanded after Herrera relocated to Minnesota in the early 2000s.

We have been able to see him via Zoom, gracias a Dios (thanks to God), his daughter, Mirdalyls Herrera Tweedon, told the Pioneer Press.

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