Kozhikode, May 30 (PTI) 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, finding its presence in the blood sample of a 28-year-old person from Karassery here, the sources said.

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