A nursing home resident in the United States of America asked Alexa, which is an Amazon cloud-based voice service platform that powers an entire smart device ecosystem if she could help her pain moments before she died.

The woman was diagnosed with the coronavirus.

Recordings have revealed that Ms Dagen, the woman, repeatedly talked with her Amazon Echo.

She asked her questions about her symptoms.

Penny Dagen, her sister, discovered the recordings after her death.

LouAnn Dagen, the woman, said, “I am in pain. I have to find a way to relieve it. Can you help me cope with pain? Oh, Alexa, I’m going to hurt.”

She also asked, “How do I get to the police?”

It has since emerged that 31 residents and staff have tested positive for the coronavirus.

The incident happened in Metron of Cedar Springs nursing home in Cedar Springs, Michigan.

LouAnn had diabetes and was rushed to the ICU at Mercy Health Saint Mary’s Hospital after her oxygen level and blood pressure dropped on the morning of Saturday.

It emerged that LouAnn had been living at the care facility than a decade after suffering a stroke over a decade ago.

Her nursing home had treated her condition by giving her pain medication and a sline solution before was hospitalized.

Penny, the sister of LouAnn, said:

“They said she talked to the ambulance people all the way there, but when she got there, she went into convulsions.The hospital called me right away and said that they put her on a respirator… They asked me about giving her CPR if her heart stopped and I said, ‘No, she didn’t want that’ and then her heart stopped and that was it. A half hour after they called.”

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of LouAnn.