5,771 new coronavirus cases in Kerala

As many as 5,771 more coronavirus infections were detected in Kerala on Thursday while 5,549 more patients recovered and were discharged from hospitals, Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said. 72,392 patients are under treatment in the state, as of Thursday. With testing of 58,472 more samples, the positivity rate of Kerala is 9.87 per cent. The state's



commercial capital Ernakulam recorded maximum 784 cases while Kasargod had the least 84 cases.

 

Nineteen more fatalities on Thursday took the COVID deaths in Kerala to 3,682, Vijayan said.

 

In all, 88 of the positive cases have come from outside the state while 5,528 patients contracted the disease through contacts.