MYSURU: A 35-year old journalist with a Kannada newspaper died due to COVID-19 at a private hospital here, family sources said on Sunday.
The scribe, who tested positive for coronavirus on September 28, breathed his last in the wee hours of Saturday, they said.
The journalist was working with Prajavani.
Deputy Chief Minister Dr C N Ashwath Narayan condoled the demise of the journalist, who is survived by wife and two children "I am deeply pained to hear about the sad demise of Pavan Hetthur at a young age," he said in a message.
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