One more: Special Branch SI in Kottayam dies of Covid

KOTTAYAM: One more Covid death has been reported from Kerala. It is Thodupuzha Special branch SI Ajithan (55) who died of the disease at Kottayam medical college hospital on Friday night. This is for the first time a superior police officer has died of COVID in the state.

After Ajithan tested positive for COVID-19, he had been undergoing treatment at Idukki medical college but as his condition worsened, he was shifted to Kottayam medical college on Wednesday. He was a heart patient. Doctors could not save his life despite administering anti-viral treatment and plasma therapy. This was informed by KPOA general secretary through a press statement.

Ajithan’s wife and children were also diagnosed with COVID-19 earlier. Ajithan was infected with coronavirus through contact.