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3:49 a.m.: Autopsy shows George Floyd tested positive for COVID-19
A postmortem nasal swab collected on May 26 was found to be"positive for 2019-nCoV RNA," the report said, using another term for the type of coronavirus that causes COVID-19 and is responsible for the global pandemic. "The autopsy result most likely reflects asymptomatic but persistent PCR positivity from previous infection," Baker said in the 20-page report. In other words, Floyd was unlikely to have been contagious at the time of his death, in which the virus had no known role.
Demonstrators pause to kneel as they march to protest the death of George Floyd, Tuesday, June 2, 2020, in Washington.Earlier this week, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office released preliminary findings in a one-page"press release report," which did not include the coronavirus test. The cause of death --"cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual restraint and neck compression" -- remains the same.
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