Kozhikode: Kerala recorded its 11th COVID-19 death when a 56-year-old woman, who had been undergoing treatment at Kozhikode Medical College hospital, died Sunday evening.
The deceased was identified as Sulaikha, a native of Mavoor in Kozhikode district. She was flown in from Riyadh on May 20.
State Health Secretary Rajan Khobragade said the woman had heart-related ailments and tested positive on arrival.
Last week alone, four people succumbed to the disease in the state. On Friday, Jose Joy, 38, from Pandanad gram panchayat in Chengannur died at Alappuzha Government Medical College and Joshy, 68, from Thiruvalla breathed his last at the Kottayam Government Medical College.
Before them, a Telangana native who arrived in Kerala by train and Kozhikode native Asiya succumbed to the virus.
Amina (52, Wayanad), Khadeejakkutty (73, Thrissur), Yakub Husain Sait (69, Ernakulam), Abdul Azeez (68, Thiruvananthapuram), Mehroof (67, Mahe, UT of Puducherry) and four-month-old baby (Malappuram) were the other six deceased in Kerala.
Mehroof and the Telangana native deaths are 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.
Kerala on Sunday recorded 61 more COVID–19 positive cases, taking the State's total number of cases to 1,269.
While 670 people are under treatment for the infection in various hospitals, 590 have been treated and discharged, including 10 who have recovered today, Health Minister K K Shailaja said in a press release.
