THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala will have to add one more Covid-19 death to its account as Centre has resolved the confusion over deaths of people who are not a resident of the state. The Centre’s guideline is that deaths should be accounted where it occurs, irrespective of the nativity of the person. Accordingly, the death of Mahe native , which happened on April 11, will have to be accounted in Kerala’s list.Union health ministry confirmed that not even a single positive case was reported from Puducherry. This was made clear by ministry of health’s joint secretary Lav Agarwal in New Delhi.“No case was reported over the past 28 days in Mahe, Puducherry,” he said.The state had refused to account the death of 71-year-old P Mehroof who died at Pariyaram medical college in Kannur on April 11. The official version of the state health department was that since he belonged to Mahe, his death cannot be accounted in Kerala.But, the government was not ready to account the death of a person from Palakkad, who was tested positive for Covid-19 and died in a Coimbatore hospital while undergoing treatment on April 10.Following TOI report on April 16 about the ambiguity prevailing in accounting the death of persons who are travelling for treatment from one state to another, the special task force, constituted by the state government, took up the matter at its April 16 meeting.At the meeting, a decision was taken to write to the Centre to provide some clarity on how such deaths should be reported. "The general consensus was that the death should be accounted where it occurred irrespective of his or her nativity as death certificate is issued by the hospital concerned," said a task force member.In this way, Mahe person’s death should be accounted in Kerala and Palakkad person’s death that happened in Coimbatore should be shown in Tamil Nadu list. But, we need a formal communication from the government of India on this, he added."We have written to the Centre and are awaiting reply," said principal secretary (health) Rajan N Khobragade.