Kerala’s Covid-19 tally inching to 1-lakh mark after 3349 fresh cases

Kerala's COVID-19 tally is inching towards the one lakh mark with 3,349 fresh cases on Thursday and the death toll climbed to 396 with 12 more fatalities, as Health Minister K K Shailaja warned that situation could worsen following easing of lockdown curbs.

The total infection tally in the state has touched 99,265 with the addition of the fresh



cases.

This is the third consecutive day that the southern state is reporting over 3,000 cases on a single day.

While on Wednesday, 3,042 new cases were detected, on Tuesday,it was 3,026.

Of thenew positive cases, 3,058 were infected through contact and the source of infection of 266 people is not known, Shailaja said in a press release.