Kerala reports 2,802 new COVID cases, 2,173 recoveries: Health Minister
Thiruvananthapuram/UNI: Total 2,802 more persons on Sunday were tested positive for COVID-19 across Kerala while 2,173 patients recovered from the disease, State Health Minister KK Shailaja said.
"In the last 24 hours, Covid was not detected in any person who recently came to Kerala from the UK (total 111 now) and their samples have been sent to NIV, Pune for further testing. So far, 11 people who came from the UK were diagnosed with the genetically modified virus," the Minister said in a statement, here this evening.
Meanwhile, 10 recent deaths were confirmed today as due to Covid, taking the death toll in the state to 4,668.
The Minister said 44,171 samples were tested during the last 24 hours and the test positivity rate is 6.20 per cent. Till now, a total of 1,33,54,944 samples have been sent for testing.
Today, four places were identified as new hotspots while two places have been excluded from the list, taking the total to 359 hotspots in the State.
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