Kannur : 28-year-old Excise Staff under treatment at Pariyaram Medical College succumbed to complications of coronavirus becoming the youngest victim in the state. The deceased, KP Sunil, resident of Keedaranparambil in Padiyoor, was in the Intensive Care Unit ICU of the hospital when the end came early this morning.
Sunil developed fever on 12 June and pneumonia subsequently. While he caught the infection via contact, the source remains to be traced. With this, the death toll in state has climbed to 21.
Sunil was staffed as driver with Excise office in Mattanoor. The office is shuttered with 18 of its employees under quarantine. Sunil was admitted to Pariyaram Medical College on the 14th.
He is survived by father Kunjiraman, mother KP Sulochana, and brother Sumesh.
