1,970 new COVID-19 cases and 15 deaths in Kerala

Kerala recorded 1,970 new cases of Covid-19 and 15 deaths on Tuesday. The active caseload amounted to 26,127 as the death toll rose to 4,422.

In the last 24 hours, a passenger from South Africa tested positive for Covid-19. This took the total number of passengers



infected with Covid-19 from UK, South Africa and Brazil to 104. Among them, 91 patients have recovered.

The test positivity rate stood at 3.23%, with 60,974 samples being tested in the last 24 hours. 70 people who tested positive on Tuesday had come from outside the state.