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Cop dies of COVID-19 in Mumbai; 9th death in city police force

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Press Trust of India Mumbai

An assistant police inspector,

who tested positive for COVID-19, succumbed to the infection at a civic-run hospital here on Saturday, an official said.

The 33-year-old officer attached to Shahu Nagar police station in Dharavi was found unconscious at his home in the early hours of the day and was rushed to civic-run Lokmanya Tilak Hospital in Sion, where he died, the official said.

A resident of Pratiksha Nagar in Sion, the officer had been on sick leave, as he suffered from cold and fever, he said.

The deceased had undergone a swab test on Wednesday and his reports came out positive on Saturday, the official said.

 

This is the ninth COVID-19 death to be reported in the Mumbai police force.

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First Published: May 16 2020 | 12:22 PM IST

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