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, the official said.
The deceased had undergone a swab test on Wednesday and his reports came out positive on Saturday, the official said.
This is the eighth Covid-19 death to be reported in the Mumbai police force.
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