Total 127 patients under treatment

Thiruvananthapuram, April 22: Kerala reported 11 new cases of Covid-19 today, seven from Kannur district, two in Kasargod district, and one each from Kottayam and Malappuram districts. Five of them have come back from overseas and three have got the infection through primary contact. One person is a health worker and two are house surgeons at Kozhikode Medical College who had travelled to Kerala by train.

Meanwhile, one patient from Palakkad district was cured of the disease as the rest result came negative.

Till date, 437 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Kerala and 127 patients are presently under treatment in different hospitals across the State.

Continuing the trend in the past few days, the total number of people under surveillance in the State has come down to 29,150. Out of these, 28,804 persons are under observation at their homes and 346 are quarantined in hospitals. 95persons were hospitalised today.

A total of 20,821 samples have been sent for testing so far and 19,998 samples have been confirmed with no infection.

Addressing the media, Chief Minister, Shri Pinarayi Vijayan said, “The Kerala Government welcomes the Central Government Ordinance to ensure the safety of healthcare workers. Hope this would deter the violence against doctors and frontline health workers during this pandemic time.”
The CM also added that Kannur district continues to have the maximum number of Coronavirus patients in the State today also. The enforcement of the lockdown with heightened checking would continue in the district.

He also informed that full-time ASHA workers who are at the forefront of Covid prevention activities would get an honorarium and fixed incentive from March to May, 2020. Apart from this, an additional Covid incentive of Rs.1,000 would be paid to them. 26,475 ASHA workers in the State would benefit from this decision.