Total patients under treatment 178
 
Thiruvananthapuram, April 13:  Only three fresh cases of the Coronavirus infection were reported in Kerala today even as the results of 19 patients under treatment came as negative. Two of the new cases are from Kannur district and one from Palakkad district. While two are cases of local transmission, one has returned back from overseas.

12 patients from Kasargod district, three each from Pathanamthitta and Thrissur districts, and one from Kannur district are the patients who have recovered from Covid-19 and tested negative.

Till date, there have been a total of 378 confirmed cases of Coronavirus infection in Kerala and 178 patients are currently under treatment in different hospitals across the State.

As on today, there are 1,12,183 persons totally under surveillance in the State. Of these, 1,11,468 are isolated at their homes and 715 are in the isolation wards in hospitals. 86 persons were hospitalised today. So far, 15,683 samples from people with symptoms have been sent for testing and 14,829 have tested negative with no infection.

Briefing the media about the Covid-19 situation in the State, Kerala Chief Minister, Shri Pinarayi Vijayan said, “There is good progress in testing as presently we are doing up to 1,000 samples per day as against the 650 earlier but we are facing delay in procuring the testing kits, both directly and through the Central Government. The people of Kerala deserve the credit for abiding by the lockdown and containing the spread of the outbreak.  The present circumstance where the number of new cases is coming down and the recoveries are going up is a matter of relief but that does not demand us to give relaxations.”

The CM also announced that several private hospitals in the State have offered their infrastructure and manpower to be used as in the fight against Coronavirus, as Covid prevention care centres or quarantine facilities.