ABSTRACT
World is in mid of dreaded pandemic – Covid-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2. To curb it tremendous efforts has been put worldwide to enhance scientific knowledge related to SARS-CoV-2. In this study, we collected postmortem samples of tracheal swab, vitreous humor, pleural fluid, CSF and pericardial fluid by conducting complete autopsy on 24 patients with known SARS-CoV-2 infection at department of forensic medicine, P.D.U. Government College, Rajkot (India). RT-PCR was used to detect SARS-CoV-2 from these samples. SARS-CoV-2 was detected from tracheal swab in 54.55% cases and from pleural fluid in 13.34% cases. SARS-CoV-2 wasn’t detected from any sample of CSF, vitreous humor and pericardial fluid. Positive and negative cases for postmortem tracheal swabs were analyzed to find out of its relationship with duration of Covid-19 illness. No significant relationship was found between detectability of SARS-CoV-2 in postmortem samples of tracheal swab and duration of Covid-19 illness.