Malappuram, June 16 -- A seven-year-old boy, identified as Arjav from Pookkottur in Malappuram district, succumbed to a Shigella infection while undergoing treatment at the Government Medical College Hospital in Kozhikode, Keralam.

Arjav was a second-grade student of Malappuram AUP School. He was admitted to Kozhikode Medical College Hospital on June 12 after suffering from severe fever and diarrhoea.

His condition worsened during treatment, and he succumbed to the illness.

According to Health Department data, Shigella cases have been increasing across the state. Two more children were recently diagnosed with the infection in the Kozhikode district.

The newly reported cases include a one-year-old child from Kunnamangalam and a nine-ye...