Two more people died of COVID-19 in Kerala on Sunday. A 67-year-old man in Ernakulam and a 75-year-old woman in Kasaragod succumbed to the deadly coronavirus.
Ernakulam Thadikadavu native Kunjiveeran, 67, was under treatment for Covid and severe pneumonia at the Kalamassery Medical College Hospital in Ernakulam district. He also suffered from comorbidities such as blood pressure and diabetes. He was admitted to the ICU on July 8 and put on ventilator.
He was subjected to plasma therapy also.
Nafeesa, 75, of Hidayath Nagar in Uppala died at the Kannur Medical College. This is the first COVID death reported in Kasaragod district. Nafeesa and her daughter-in-law tested positive on July 11 and were admitted to the District Hospital in Kanhangad.
Nafeesa, who had severe lung disease and diabetes, was shifted to the Pariyaram Government Medical College for advanced treatment on July 15. Her condition deteriorated on July 17 evening and lost consciousness. She died on July 18 night.
Eight members of her family and a neighbour have tested positive, Kasaragod DMO A V Ramdas informed.
With this, the total number of deaths due to coronavirus in the state has gone up to 44.
COVID deaths in Kerala
Nafisa, (75, Uppala in Kasaragod), Kunjuveeran (67, Aluva in Ernakulam), Baburaj (60, Thiruvananthapuram), Shyju (46, Pullur, Thrissur), B Aneesh (39, Thrissur), Mohammed Saleeh (25, Kannur), Valsamma Joy (56, Idukki), Aruldas (70, Poonthura, Thiruvananthapuram), Naseer Usmankutty (47, Alappuzha), Thyagarajan (74, Kollam), Ayesha Hajjumma (64, Kannur), Valsala (63, Thrissur), Babu (52, Alappuzha), P K Balakrishnan Nair (79, Pulluvazhy in Ernakulam), Saifudeen (67, Thiruvananthapuram), Abdul Rahman (52, Kasaragod), Yusuf (66, Thoppumpadiin Ernakulam), Mohammad (82, Wandoor in Malappuram), Krishnan (68, Nadakkavu in Kozhikode), Thankappan, (76, Nettayam in Thiruvananthapuram), Arasagaran (55, Tamil Nadu native died at Manjeri Medical College), Vasanthakumar (68, Mayyanad in Kollam), Sunil Padiyur (28, Blathur in Kannur), S Rameshan (67, Vanchiyoor, Thiruvananthapuram), Hussain (77, Irikkur, Kannur), P K Mohammed (70, Iritty, Kannur), Dinny Chacko (43, Chalakkudy, Thrissur), Kumaran (87, Engandiyoor, Thrissur), E Hamza Koya (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 (68, died in Thiruvananthapuram), 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 death 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. Kasaragod native Abdul Rahman also is excluded in the official list as they claim he was brought dead to the hospital while travelling from Hubli in Karnataka to Kerala.
