Kerala reported its first COVID-19 death on Saturday. A 69-year-old man who had been under treatment at the Government Medical College Hospital, Ernakulam, died in the morning. He was buried in Ernakulam as per protocol. The man who returned from Dubai on March 16 was admitted to the hospital on March 22 with acute pneumonia.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the State would continue the surveillance and quarantine process and at the same time, seriously investigate if community transmission was happening. The government decided to go ahead with rapid test modality for COVID-19 detection (IgM/IgG antibody based tests) in the community to understand if the silent transmission of the virus is happening.
Mr. Vijayan paid his respects to the first victim.
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