thiruvananthapuram active covid19 cases and daily positive cases dropped for the third day in a row in the district on monday however the death rate continued to be a grave concern in the district with 282 deaths being confirmed in the last 17 daysthe death of a 21yearold engineering student from vilappil was also reported in the district on monday according to a release issued by kerala technological university sooraj krishna a third year btech computer science student at tkm college of engineering kollam has died of covidsooraj was attending his online classes from his home at vilappil in thiruvananthapuram he had developed common cold after playing football with his friends during the rains three days back he was tested negative in the antigen testing but started showing symptoms of covid on sunday morning after which he was taken to vilappil phc as his oxygen level dropped drastically he was referred to the medical college hospital in thiruvananthapuram where he breathed his last at 6pm he had also developed pneumonia that worsened his situation furthersooraj was the son of suresh kumar k a driver and manjusha a housewife his sister arya krishna completed her plus two and is awaiting results meanwhile the district recorded 16100 recoveries on monday tnn