A mother is mourning after her daughter died after contracting the coronavirus.

Leilani Jordan worked as a greeter for a Giant grocery store in Largo, Maryland. The 27-year-old also helped seniors around the store as they shopped, reports NBC4 Washington.

“It’s my baby, it’s like a hole in my heart because all she wanted to do was just help people. She just wanted to help,” her mother, Zenobia Shepherd, told CNN. “She wanted to help and make a difference. She wanted to be there to help and work for 20 dollars."

Jordan, who had cerebral palsy, last worked on March 16, and her employer was informed of her diagnosis on March 28.

"She said nobody was showing up to work," Shepherd told WUSA9. "She said, 'Mommy, I'm going to go to work. I'm going to still go to work. I want to help.'"

Her symptoms started with a cough. When it became worse, Shepherd took her daughter to Walter Reed Medical Center.

"When she got out of the car, she fell. She collapsed in the parking lot," Shepherd said. "When they got her, she had a 104-degree fever. They put her in isolation. She called me and said, 'Mommy, I can barely breathe.'”

Jordan, who worked at the grocery store for six years under their disability program, died on April 2.

“It just went through her body so fast. By the time she got to the hospital she fell out and was unconscious and put into ICU and the next thing I knew she was intubated,” Shepherd said. “She coded in my arms, she had cardiac arrest. My husband and I both were in the room. I was able to hold my baby’s hands for the last time.”

Now in her mourning, Shepherd said she’s facing challenges while planning her daughter’s funeral, as no funeral homes want to take coronavirus patients due to fear of it spreading.

"She was my butterfly," her mom said. "I know she’s in heaven and she’s there welcoming everybody.”

The family is now raising money to cover medical bills, funeral expenses and the care of Jordan’s service dog.

"It's not just us that's going to miss her. It's a whole community," her brother, William Jordan, told NBC4 Washington. "It is very, very fast and I think that is the shocking part of this whole process, is how fast the virus overtook my sister and ended her life."

Shepherd is now calling on grocery stores to better ensure the safety and health of their employees and customers.

“Management, leadership needed to kick in and help make sure those that are vulnerable, seniors, other people, have the help and assistance that they need so they’re not put into situations to where they can lose their lives,” she said.

A spokesperson for Giant said they are following health guidelines to ensure the safety of their associates.

"Over the last several weeks, we have put in place additional measures to ensure the safety of our associates and customers, including plexiglass shields at our registers, pharmacies, and customer service desks," a Giant spokesperson said. "We have installed social distancing signage in our stores to remind and encourage our customers to stay six feet apart from each other, and we have increased our cleaning and sanitation procedures on high-touch areas throughout the store."

The company announced that a customer limit will be implemented on April 9. Only 20% of a store’s occupancy will be allowed in. Employees will be stationed in the front to control the numbers. They will also start one-way aisle traffic.

Shephard has begun a GoFundMe for assistance with Jordan's celebration of life services.