A 45-year-old policeman, who initially tested COVID-19 positive, died due to a cardiac arrest on October 6, a few days after his swab test results returned negative.
According to police, Murugan was a resident of Mariyamman Kovil Street, Old Colony, Thanipadi. He enlisted in the year 2002 and was working at the Thandrampet police station in Tiruvannamalai district.
A police officer said that he took a COVID-19 test on September 19 and was found positive on September 21. He was admitted at the Tiruvannamalai Government Hospital, and due to a fall in his oxygen saturation levels, he was shifted to the ICU on September 24. On October 1, he was subjected to a swab test and the result was negative for COVID-19. But he was still under treatment, and suffered a cardiac arrest on the night of October 6.
He is survived by his wife Rasathi and three children.
