Blood clot in lung artery said to be cause of death for man who recovered from Covid-19

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A 41-year-old man died from complications due to Covid-19 more than two weeks after being discharged, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Saturday (June 6). The case is Singapore’s youngest Covid-19 casualty. 

Singapore’s youngest Covid-19 casualty

The Chinese national, identified as case 11714, died on Thursday (June 4) and is the 25th person in Singapore to die from complications due to Covid-19.

According to MOH, the man had recovered from the infection and was discharged on May 17. He collapsed on June 4 and the coroner has certified that the cause of death was massive pulmonary thromboembolism following SARS-CoV-2 infection. SARS-CoV-2 is the strain of coronavirus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).

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