NEW YORK: Three Keralites including a priest of Jacobite diocese died of COVID-19 in USA and Britain. The priest has been identified as Fr Biji Markose (54) hailing from Vakathanam in Kottayaam and a member of the Chirathalattu family. He was also the director of Sunday School in the UK sector.

Sunny, a native of Kothattukkulam and an official of Care Home died in Preston. He was 70. He was a member of the Choriyanmakkal family. He will buried later in Britain.

Thomas Abraham of Kallisseri in Chengannur died in New Jersey. 66-year-old Thomas was undergoing treatment for two weeks. He leaves behind his wife Annamma Thomas, a family member of Puthenkavu Kinattumkara.