One and half-year-old child tests positive for COVID after death

CHENGANNUR: A one-and-a-half-year-old girl tested positive for COVID-19 after her death. The deceased has been identified as Arunima, daughter of Ala native Rajesh and Shilpa. Arunima died while undergoing treatment for fever at a private hospital in Thiruvalla. Her swab sample result returned positive after her death.

Arunima contracted a fever at Shilpa's house. Meanwhile, none of her family members have contracted COVID. Health officials said that six children under the age of three have died of Covid in Kerala in a year.