More 26 test positive for COVID-19 in Kerala

Barely a week after the Kerala government declared that the COVID-19 curve has been flattened, the state on Thursday saw a sharp spike in positive cases with 26 people, including 7 foreign returnees and a police personnel getting infected, taking the total to 560. The active cases, the number of people under treatment, also rose to 64 compared to just 16 on last Friday, when only a solitary fresh infection was



reported.

At least 100- odd policemen have been quarantined in Wayanad and Palakkad districts.

"The rise in the number of new cases are an indication of the crisis we are facing. But we are confident that we can overcome this pandemic and we will use all the resources at our disposal to tackle the situation," Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said adding that the state would be rolling out a specialised treatment protocol.