DMX is still on life support at a White Plains, NY hospital after suffering a heart attack following an apparent drug overdose last week.
According to his manager, DMX tested positive for the coronavirus after he was admitted to the ICU.
It isn’t clear if he has an active infection or if he tested positive for Covid-19 antibodies. Testing positive for antibodies means he was exposed to the virus previously.
The 50-year-old rapper, born Earl Simmons, is reportedly lying in a “vegetative state” in an intensive care unit on Friday night. His brain scans show very little activity and he is not expected to recover.
TMZ reports that his brain was deprived of oxygen for 30 minutes. But he would be dead if that was the case. No human can survive without oxygen for 30 minutes.
Only one visitor is allowed to visit DMX in the ICU. Visitors include his mother, fiancee, and some of his 15 children.
Most patients who test positive for the coronavirus aren’t allowed visitors at all — even if they are in private rooms.
Covid-19 causes death in less than 1% of people who contract the virus. The majority of deaths are among people over 65. Other factors include preexisting medical conditions, cardiac problems, respiratory disorders, obesity, diabetes, smokers and those who are HIV positive.
