Manipur, Sept. 23 -- The state on Wednesday reported two COVID-19 deaths, pushing the death toll in the state to 62.

A five-year-old baby boy from Kangpokpi district succumbed to COVID-19 on Wednesday at Shija Hospital in Imphal, making him the youngest person in the state to die of the illness.

The state on Wednesday reported two COVID-19 deaths, including the five-year-old male child from Kangpokpi and a 53-year-old male patient from Imphal West, pushing the state's death toll to 62, the state health department said.

The baby boy was hospitalised early Monday morning with a complaint of intense fever and difficulty in breathing. However, the boy succumbed in the wee hour of Wednesday around 3.50 am.

The boy was tested positive the s...