Kerala records 61 new COVID-19 cases

The number of Covid-19 cases continues to rise in Kerala with 61 more cases reported on Sunday - 20 of these among those who came from abroad and 37 among who came from within the country, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said.

With this, the total number of positive cases in the state has touched 670, while 590 people have been cured of the disease till now.

Authorities have dismissed the



existence of community spread as the ratio of total cases to contacts continues to be around 10 per cent, while the national average is more than 20 per cent.

There has been a spike in cases since May 7, when the first flight carrying the Kerala diaspora from the Middle East arrived, and till Sunday, 19,662 people have arrived by air from abroad, while around 1.10 lakh have come by train and road from elsewhere in the country.