Kerala's COVID-19 tally crosses 55,000-mark with 2,171 fresh infections

Kerala recorded 2,171 fresh COVID-19 cases on Saturday, taking the infection count to56,353 while 15 deaths took the toll to 218, Health minister K K Shailaja said.

Of the positive cases, 52 had come from abroad and 102 from other states, the minister



said. As many as 1,964 people were infected through contact and the source of infection of 153 was not known, the minister said in a press release here.

So far 13,86,775 samples have been sent for testing which includes 37,027 collected in the last 24 hours.