On Friday, June 5, 2020, the family of late music composer Wajid Khan released a statement following his demise. The statement had expressed gratitude towards the hospital staff for taking care of him throughout the treatment. The family also informed that Wajid died due to cardiac arrest. There has been no mention of coronavirus in the statement.

"Our dearest Wajid passed away at the age of 47 due to a cardiac arrest on 1st of June at 00:30 am in Surana Sethia hospital. He had a successful kidney transplant last year and he was undergoing treatment for a throat infection," the statement read.