Kerala's Covid-19 cases soared to 9,016 on Saturday, taking the infection tally to 332,228 as the toll touched 1,139with 26 more fatalities. In the last 24 hours,52,067 samples were tested and 7,991 returned negative, taking the recoveries so far to 2,36,989, Health minister K K Shailaja said in a
press release.
The active case touched 96,004.
Three districts accounted for over 1,000 cases, with Malappuram recording 1,519, Thrissur 1,109 and Ernakulam 1,022.
While Kozhikode reported 926 cases, Thiruvananthapuram had 848.