Sorry for your loss and no disrespect meant, but were you able to verify that your coworker’s death was actually from the virus or due to something else? I would not trust the word of the institution(s) that your coworker was being treated by, although I would take you at your word.
A real problem that has been created, and I blame a lot of this on the media and social media, is that we cannot trust anything we see or hear at all. It is terrible.