Another COVID death has been reported from Kerala.
The deceased has been identified as Dinny Chacko, 43, who hails from Chalakkudy in Thrissur district. He was undergoing treatment at Thrissur Medical College Hospital.
Dinny had arrived from Maldives with his wife, child and mother-in-law. They were in institutional quarantine. On the third day of their return, they developed symptoms. Dinny was the first to test positive. The other three, too, tested positive later, but they have outlived their symptoms and are now said to be stable.
Dinny, who had diabetes and kidney-related ailments, was on ventilator for the last six days.
This is the third COVID death being reported from Thrissur.
With this, the number of COVID deaths in the state has risen to 18.
COVID deaths in Kerala:
P K Mohammed (70, Iritty, Kannur), Dinny Chacko (43, Chalakkudy, Thrissur), Kumaran (87, Engandiyoor, Thrissur), E Hamza Koy (61, Malappuram; former Santosh Trophy footballer), Shabnas (Edappal in Malappuram), Xavier (Kavanad, Kollam), Meenakshi Ammal (73, Palakkad) Father K G Varghese (77, Nalanchira, Thiruvananthapuram), Sulaikha (56, Kozhikode); Jose Joy (38, Pandanad, Chengannur); Joshy (68, Thiruvalla); Telangana native, Asiya (62, Kozhikode); Amina (52, Wayanad), Khadeejakkutty (73, Thrissur), Yakub Husain Sait (69, Ernakulam), Abdul Azeez (68, Thiruvananthapuram), Mehroof (67, Mahe, UT of Puducherry; died at Government Medical College in Pariyaram, Kannur) and four-month-old baby (Malappuram).
Note: Though Mehraoof hailed from the Union Territory of Puducherry, his deaths has been included in Kerala's list based on a union government guideline, which stated that deaths should be accounted where it occurs irrespective of which state the person hailed from.