Kerala detects 1553 new COVID-19 cases

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on September 3 the situation in the state was "not good", as 1,553 new COVID-19 cases and 10 fatalities were reported taking the infection count to 79,624 and death toll to 315. The number of active cases is



21,516.

"The situation in the state is not good. There is a slip in the number of people getting infected with the virus in the last two days. It is due to the less number of tests carried out during the Onam festival holidays," he told reporters.