India, Sept. 9 -- A 56-year-old woman from Thiruvali near Wandoor in Malappuram district succumbed to amoebic meningoencephalitis on Monday, the fifth such fatality in Kerala in the space of a month.

The woman, identified as Shobhana, succumbed to the rare but fatal infection at the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital (MCH) where she had been admitted last week. Hospital officials said she was in a critical condition.

11 persons are undergoing treatment currently for the infection at the Kozhikode MCH, said officials.

On September 6, Ratheesh (45), a native of Sulthan Bathery in Wayanad, succumbed to the infection. In the last week of August, two persons including a three-month-old infant, had also died as a result of the disease. On Au...