Undertrial Prisoner at Tihar Dies After Testing Positive for COVID-19 This is the third death of coronavirus-infected prison inmates in Delhi since the pandemic began last year. Tihar Jail in Delhi. Photo: PTI/File Rights2 hours ago New Delhi: Â A 43-year-old under-trial prisoner of Tihar Jail died on Tuesday, a day after he tested positive for COVID-19, officials said. Mohammad Anish, lodged in prison since December 2019 in a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday and was admitted to a jail hospital with mild symptoms, they said. “On Tuesday morning, his condition deteriorated and he was referred to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital in emergency. Later, he died in the hospital in the afternoon,” Director General (Prisons) Sandeep Goel said.