A four-month-old infant died due to Covid-19 in Kozhikode district of Kerala today morning. The baby, born with cardiac complications, tested positive for Covid-19 on April 22 while undergoing treatment for pneumonia infection.

The swab samples of his parents have also been sent for tests and the results are awaited. The family hails from hailing from Payyanad village in Malappuram district.

The baby was admitted in a private hospital with breathing problems on April 17 and shifted to Kozhikode Medical College on April 21 after developing severe pneumonia.

The health department is yet to confirm the cause of death. Earlier one of his relative tested positive for Covid-19 and recovered from the infection.

The medical bulletin released by the Kozhikode Medical College stated that the baby was born underweight and had cardiac problems.

Earlier, two people--a 69-year-old NRI businessman in Kochi and a 68-year-old retired police official in Thiruvananthapuram--died in March while undergoing treatment for Covid-19.

Besides them, 71-year-old P Mehroof, a resident of Mahe in Puducherry also died at Parayaram Medical College in Kannur.

As of Thursday morning, Kerala had reported 447 Covid-19 cases, of which 324 have recovered.

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