“With profound grief, we regret to inform that S P Balasubrahmanyam had passed away on September 25 at 13:04 hours. We express our heartfelt condolences to his family, friends, well-wishers and admirers,” the hospital said in a statement. 
             The singer was admitted to MGM Healthcare Hospital on August 5 after he had tested positive for COVID-19. On 8th September, the singer had tested negative for Coronavirus but was still under ICU and ventilator supervision.
               On Thursday, the hospital had issued a statement saying that Balasubrahmanyam’s health had deteriorated and was “extremely critical”. On the day he was admitted to the hospital,  Balasubrahmanyam had put out a video message the same day telling his fans that he was fine. He was put on ventilator and ECMO after his condition deteriorated. However, he had subsequently tested negative for COVID.  On August 13, after his oxygen saturation dropped, he was moved to the intensive care unit and was connected to life support. The singer’s son S P Charan released video messages assuring people that he was hopeful that his father would recover from the viral infection.
        On September 19, Charan had released a video message in which he said that his father remains stable and all his parametres are normal. Charan had also mentioned that his father wished to leave the hospital at the earliest.