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Updated: Apr 24, 2020 11:02 IST

A four-month-old baby, who tested positive for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) two days ago, died in a hospital in Kerala’s Kozhikode on Friday morning, officials said.

State health minister KK Shailaja confirmed her death, the fourth in the state due to Covid-19, saying the baby had congenital heart disease and stunted growth problems.

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Doctors at the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital, where the baby was admitted on April 21 with a heart problem, said she died of a heart attack after getting infected with the virus.

They also said they don’t know how she contracted the disease.

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Both her parents and five doctors, who treated the baby, have been quarantined, officials said. They also said that the swabs of her parents have been sent for tests.