COVID-19: Kerala reports 49 new cases, tally touches 896

Forty nine fresh cases of COVID-19 were reported in Kerala on Monday (May 25), taking the state’s total count to 896. Currently, 359 positive patients are under treatment while 99,000 others are under observation, said the state government.

It said 18 of the infected had come from abroad, 25 from other states (Maharashtra 17, Tamil Nadu four, and Delhi and Karnataka two each). The six others had been infected through contact, which included a health worker from Thiruvananthapuram and two remand prisoners from Kannur.

Kasaragod reported the highest number of cases — 14, Kannur 10, Thiruvananthapuram and Palakkad five each, Kozhikode four, Pathnamthitta and Alappuzha three each, Kollam and Kottayam two each and Idukki one, Health Minister KK Shailaja said.

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Totally 532 people have been cured of the infection, including 12 who were discharged from hospitals on Monday, while 359 are presently under treatment. According to a government press release, 97,247 people have come to the state — through airports (8,390), seaport
(1,621), checkposts (82,678) and railways (4,558).

At least 99,278 people are under observation in the state, of whom 98,486 are undergoing home or institutional quarantine while 792 are in hospitals, including 152 admitted on Monday. So far samples of 54,899 people have been sent for testing and results of 53,704 received are negative,the release added.

Four new hot spots were added, taking the tally to 59. Kannur has 77 people under treatment, the highest in the state, while Palakkad 53 and Malappuram 48.

(With inputs from agencies)