THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A 76-year-old doctor has become the state’s first medic to die of COVID-19. He has been identified as Dr M S Aabdi, who was running KBM Clinic at Attakulangara in Thiruvananthapuram. He had examined patients till last Saturday. He was admitted in the hospital on Monday following confirmation of the virus. He was on life support after his condition worsened.

He died Sunday morning. He will be buried at Manacaud Valiyapalli Juma Masjid. More than 350 doctors have died of the virus in various parts of the country.