Country star Cady Groves was not tested for the coronavirus after her sudden death this weekend — with friends fearing she could be a victim of the pandemic, The Post has learned.
The 30-year-old was found dead in bed in Nashville on Saturday by a roommate who had not seen her for a few days, insiders told The Post.
She was declared dead at the scene and there was no indication of foul play, Metro Nashville police told The Post.
An initial autopsy also ruled out foul play or self-harm, her reps said in a statement Monday.
Her record label “asked specifically” if authorities tested the “This Little Girl” singer for COVID-19, but were told a test was not conducted — despite more than 3,000 people being infected in the city.
“We’re in the middle of a pandemic — you would have thought it was the first thing they would do,” one insider said.
“Her death was just so unexpected. I think [COVID-19] was a concern for everybody,” the source said, saying that city morgues were “overwhelmed” by cases.
Another insider said the Kansas-born singer had suffered “bronchial issues,” believing it was the “medical problems” her brother Cody referred to when announcing her death.
A final coroner’s report is not expected for several weeks, her reps said. The medical examiner’s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
She recently opened up online about mental health challenges.
“Some days my mental health is AWFUL,” she admitted on April 15, saying, “I feel completely alone and scared and far from everyone I love.”
Despite her series of alarming tweets, friends and colleagues insisted that the singer had been “full of life and excitedly planning for the future,” including hopes of touring an upcoming EP.
“She was extremely positive and planning for the future,” said Camus Celli, a rep for her label, Vel Records.
“Her frustrations were more along the lines of, ‘Can’t we be over this — I want to get my record out and play some shows,'” he said.
“She was going stir-crazy like most of us — but mostly because she just wanted to get on with her exciting plans for the future.”
Another insider dismissed the “heavy words” in her social media posts as “millennial jargon.”
“She was expressing the kind of frustration that a lot of people can relate to right now — it wasn’t a mental health issue at all,” he insisted.
A funeral is being planned in Kansas, her reps said. In place of flowers, her family asked for donations to the Music Health Alliance or MusiCares.