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Between Friday and Saturday morning, three policemen, the youngest 38, died after contracting the infection
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Between Friday and Saturday morning, three policemen, the youngest 38, died after contracting the infection
Three police personnel have succumbed to COVID-19 in 24 hours in Chennai.
On Friday morning, D. Karunanidhi, 48 a head constable of the intelligence unit attached with the Abhiramapuram police station died without responding to treatment at a private hospital.
The next victim was S. Murugesan, 51, a resident of MKB Nagar, Kodungaiyur. He was a head constable attached with the SB CID Metro wing. Mr. Murugesan was admitted to a private hospital on New Avadi Road on April 15 after complaining of breathlessness. He was undergoing treatment for COVID-19 there and his condition deteriorated. He was shifted to Government Stanley Hospital where he succumbed on Friday night, said a police source