1,544 new COVID-19 infections in Kerala

Kerala on Saturday reported more than 1,000 Covid-19 cases for the fifth straight day, prompting the state government to call a high-level meet to review the situation, news agency PTI reported. 

The southern state reported 1,544 new infections, taking the number of active patients in the state to nearly 8,000. Health minister Veena George said that the government was closely monitoring the situation and there



was no new variants. 

The state had recorded 1,197 new positive cases and five deaths on May 31. On June 1, the state reported 1,370 cases and six deaths, whereas on June 2 the new cases were 1,278 and 20 COVID-19-related deaths. There were 1,465 new cases and 13 deaths on June 3. The COVID-19 dashboard of Kerala shows that the state has 65,63,910 confirmed cases till now and 69,790 coronavirus-related deaths.