Kerala reported one more COVID-19 death on Wednesday.
Malappuram native Kutti Hassan, 67, who tested positive for COVID-19 on July 24 succumbed to the illness on Wednesday, the state's health department confirmed in its evening update.
With this, the official COVID death toll has risen to 68 in Kerala.
COVID-19 victims in Kerala (Updated on July 28, 2020)
COVID-19 has so far claimed 70 lives in Kerala. However, only 68 persons were included in the government's official list.
Government's list:
68. Kutti Hassan (67, Malappuram)
67. Sainudheen (72, Alappuzha)
66. Abubakr (70, Ernakulam)
65. Abdurahman (65, Kasaragod)
64. Selvamani (65, Thiruvananthapuram)
63. Mohammad (61, Kozhikode)
62. Ouseph George (85, Kottayam)
61. Varghese (71, Irinjalakkuda in Thrissur)
60. Abdul Khader (71, a resident of Tirurangadi in Malappuram)
59. Annie Antony (76, Kakkanad in Ernakulam)
58. Nabeesa (63, Padannakkad in Kasaragod)
57. Rukhiyabi (67, Karaparambu)
56. Muhammed Koya (58, Kozhikode)
55. Anjali Surendran (40, Payyallur in Palakkad)
54. Mariyamma (85, Kalavoor in Alappuzha)
53. Madhavan (67, Chittari in Kasaragod)
52. Khairunnisa (48 Anangoor in Kasaragod)
51. Murukan (46, Chirayinkeezhu in Thiruvananthapuram)
50. Koyotti (57, Kallayi, Kozhikode)
49. Lakshmi Kunjanpilla (79, Vadakkathanath, Muvattupuzha, Ernakulam)
48. Raveendran (73, Nenjankuzhi near Parassala, Thiruvananthapuram)
47. Rahiyanath Beevi (58, Kulashekharaparam near Karunagappally, Kollam)
46. Sadanandan (60, Vilakottoor, Kannur)
45. Narayanan (75, Ayyappankovil in Idukki)
44. Victoria (72, Pulluvila, Thiruvananthapuram)
43. Nafisa, (75, Uppala, Kasaragod)
42. Kunjuveeran (67, Aluva, Ernakulam)
41. Baburaj (60, Thiruvananthapuram)
40. Shyju (46, Pullur, Thrissur)
39. B Aneesh (39, Thrissur)
38. Mohammed Saleeh (25, Kannur)
37. Valsamma Joy (56, Idukki)
36. Aruldas (70, Poonthura, Thiruvananthapuram)
35. Naseer Usmankutty (47, Alappuzha)
34. Thyagarajan (74, Kollam)
33. Ayesha Hajjumma (64, Kannur)
32. Valsala (63, Thrissur)
31. Babu (52, Alappuzha)
30. P K Balakrishnan Nair (79, Pulluvazhy, Ernakulam)
29. Saifudeen (67, Thiruvananthapuram)
28. Abdul Rahman (52, Kasaragod)
27. Yusuf (66, Thoppumpady, Ernakulam)
26. Mohammad (82, Wandoor, Malappuram)
25. Krishnan (68, Nadakkavu, Kozhikode)
24. Thankappan, (76, Nettayam, Thiruvananthapuram)
23. Arasagaran (55, Tamil Nadu native died at Manjeri Medical College)
22. Vasanthakumar (68, Mayyanad, Kollam)
21. Sunil Padiyur (28, Blathur, Kannur)
20. S Rameshan (67, Vanchiyoor, Thiruvananthapuram)
19. Hussain (77, Irikkur, Kannur)
18. P K Mohammed (70, Iritty, Kannur)
17. Dinny Chacko (43, Chalakkudy, Thrissur)
16. Kumaran (87, Engandiyoor, Thrissur)
15. E Hamza Koya (61, Malappuram; former Santosh Trophy footballer)
14. Shabnas (Edappal, Malappuram)
13. Xavier (Kavanad, Kollam)
12. Meenakshi Ammal (73, Palakkad)
11. Father K G Varghese (77, Nalanchira, Thiruvananthapuram)
10. Sulaikha (56, Kozhikode)
9. Jose Joy (38, Pandanad, Chengannur, Alappuzha)
8. Joshy (68, Thiruvalla, Pathanamthitta)
7. Telangana native (68, died in Thiruvananthapuram)
6. Asiya (62, Kozhikode)
5. Amina (52, Wayanad)
4. Khadeejakkutty (73, Thrissur
3. Four-month-old baby (Malappuram)
2. Abdul Azeez (68, Thiruvananthapuram)
1. Yakub Husain Sait (69, Ernakulam)
Excluded from Kerala government's list & reason
1. Mehroof (67, Mahe, UT of Puducherry; died at Government Medical College in Pariyaram, Kannur)
(Kerala did not include him in the official list since he hailed from Union Territory of Puducherry. The decision, however, contradicts the Centre's directive that COVID-19 deaths should be recorded at the place of occurance irrespective of which state the person hailed from).
2. BA Abdul Rahman (Mogral Puthur, Kasaragod)
(Abdul Rahman was living in Hubli in Karnataka. He died while being taken to the Government Hospital in Kasaragod on the day he arrived from Hubli. District collector had said that Rahman died in transit and he was not living in Kasaragod and hence his name would not be included in Kerala's list).
