<p>One more person, who came down from abroad, died of COVID-19 in Kerala on Friday, taking the total number of novel coronavirus deaths in the state to eight.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/coronavirus-live-news-covid-19-latest-updates.html" target="_blank">CORONAVIRUS SPECIAL COVERAGE ONLY ON DH</a></strong></p>.<p>The deceased is a 68-year-old man, a native of Thiruvalla in Pathanamthitta. He came down from UAE on May 11 and was under treatment at Kottayam medical college.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-in-india-news-live-updates-total-cases-deaths-flights-trains-today-schedule-mumbai-delhi-kolkata-bengaluru-maharashtra-gujarat-west-bengal-tamil-nadu-covid-19-tracker-today-worldometer-update-lockdown-4-latest-news-838583.html" target="_blank">For latest updates and live news on coronavirus, click here</a></strong></p>.<p>Kerala Health Minister K K Shailaja said that he was suffering was diabetes and was also having other issues like obesity. Efforts to save his life failed.</p>.<p>Seven persons earlier died of COVID-19 in Kerala, including a Telangana native who wrongly boarded a train to Kerala instead of Telangana from Rajasthan. Though a native of Mahe, which is part of Puducherry, died in Kerala earlier, Kerala was yet to include him in state's COVID-19 tally, even as the centre did.</p>
<p>One more person, who came down from abroad, died of COVID-19 in Kerala on Friday, taking the total number of novel coronavirus deaths in the state to eight.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/coronavirus-live-news-covid-19-latest-updates.html" target="_blank">CORONAVIRUS SPECIAL COVERAGE ONLY ON DH</a></strong></p>.<p>The deceased is a 68-year-old man, a native of Thiruvalla in Pathanamthitta. He came down from UAE on May 11 and was under treatment at Kottayam medical college.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-in-india-news-live-updates-total-cases-deaths-flights-trains-today-schedule-mumbai-delhi-kolkata-bengaluru-maharashtra-gujarat-west-bengal-tamil-nadu-covid-19-tracker-today-worldometer-update-lockdown-4-latest-news-838583.html" target="_blank">For latest updates and live news on coronavirus, click here</a></strong></p>.<p>Kerala Health Minister K K Shailaja said that he was suffering was diabetes and was also having other issues like obesity. Efforts to save his life failed.</p>.<p>Seven persons earlier died of COVID-19 in Kerala, including a Telangana native who wrongly boarded a train to Kerala instead of Telangana from Rajasthan. Though a native of Mahe, which is part of Puducherry, died in Kerala earlier, Kerala was yet to include him in state's COVID-19 tally, even as the centre did.</p>