One more person dies of Nipah virus in Kozhikode

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Press Trust of India Kozhikode
Last Updated : May 30 2018 | 11:15 PM IST

One more person today succumbed to Nipah virus here, taking the death toll in Kerala's Kozhikode and Malappuram districts to 14.

Madhusudhanan (55) of Nellikode in Kozhikode district died tonight, according to health department sources.

He was undergoing treatment at a private hospital here, they said, adding that Madhusudhanan had tested positive of the virus.

The number of confirmed Nipah virus cases has risen to 17 with the National Institute of Virology, Pune,

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First Published: May 30 2018 | 11:15 PM IST

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