New Delhi, Delhi, India

Nipah virus has claimed one more life raising the death toll to a total of 16 after one more passed away due to the infection in Calicut on Thursday. 

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This comes the same day after another victim was pronounced dead this morning in Kerala with a 28-year-old man succumbing to the deadly virus, a health department official said today. 

Akhil, a native of Karassery, who was undergoing treatment at the Kozhikode Medical college hospital (KMCH) since May 29, died last night, the official said. 

Two more persons confirmed of having contracted the virus are being treated at KMCH, he said. 

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Besides, 1,353 people who had been in contact with the affected persons before the confirmation of the disease, are under observation, the official said. 

Yesterday, Madhusudhanan (55) of Nellikode in the district, who was undergoing treatment in a private hospital here also breathed his last. 

On Wednesday, a soldier died in Kolkata due to the deadly virus. 

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The outbreak of the Nipah virus infection, a newly emerging zoonosis that causes severe disease in both animals and humans, is suspected to be from an unused well in Perambra which was infested with bats.