This is the second cholera death reported in Kerala in 2025
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A 48-year-old man from Thalavady in Kuttanad in Alappuzha district of Kerala, who was undergoing treatment for cholera, died at a private hospital in Thiruvalla in the early hours of Friday (May 16, 2025).
The deceased has been identified as Raghu P.G. of Ward VI in Thalavady grama panchayat.
Officials said Raghu had comorbidities. He was initially hospitalised with fever and diarrhoea at a private hospital. After his condition worsened, he was shifted to the hospital in Thiruvalla.
The Health department and the local panchayat have launched disease surveillance and sanitisation operations at Thalavady. Officials said health workers had collected water samples from wells and other waterbodies in the region and sent them for testing.
This is the second cholera death reported in Kerala in 2025. Last month, a 63-year-old man, Ajai Chandran from Kowdiar in Thiruvananthapuram, died of cholera.
Published – May 16, 2025 09:47 am IST
