Kerala records 5,718 new COVID-19 cases

Kerala recorded 5,718 fresh COVID-19 cases and 5,496 recoveries on Friday, as the toll mounted to 2,358 with 29 additionalfatalities, Health minister K K Shailaja said.

In the last 24 hours, 57,456 samples have been tested and the test positivity rate climbed to 9.95 per cent.

So far, 64,96,210 samples have been sent



for testing, the minister said in a press release.

Of the positive cases, 60 are health workers, 95 had come from outside the state and 4,991 were infected through contact.

The total caseload soared to 6,25,767 while 5,61,874 people have been cured of the disease and 61,401 are undergoing treatment, the minister said.