New Delhi: Seven more Keralites – five in Gulf countries and two in New Delhi – were died of COVID-19 outside the state. With this, the number of Keralites who died in Gulf rises to 220.
Abdul Rehman, 58, from Panayikulam in Ernakulam, and Shaji Victor, 53, of Mayyanad in Kollam district, succumbed to the virus in Saudi Arabia on Friday.
Malappuram Changaramkulam native Noorudheen, 40, and Ramachandran, 63, a native of Naduvannur in Kozhikode district, died in Dubai, while Patrick Carlton D'souza, 59, a native of Vypin in Ernakulam district died in Kuwait.
Kottayam's Kesavapuram native K K Raghavan, and a retired nurse, Omana, both tested positive for coronavirus, died in New Delhi.
Fifty-five-year-old K G Shibu of Vakathanam in Kottayam died while he was undergoing treatment for COVID-19 related symptoms in New Delhi. However, his coronavirus test results are awaited.