Total 17 patients under treatment

Thiruvananthapuram, May 09: Two new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in Kerala today. Both are Pravasi Malayalees who came back from Dubai and Abu Dhabi to Kochi and Kozhikode respectively on May 07 by the first evacuation flights to Kerala. They are natives of Malappuram district.

Meanwhile, a patient from Idukki district has recovered from Coronavirus and tested negative today. Till date, there are 505 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the State and 17 patients are undergoing treatment in different hospitals.

With the return of the expatriates, from within and outside the country, the number of people under surveillance across the State has gone up to 23,930.  Of these, 23,596 are quarantined at their homes and 334 are isolated at hospitals. 123 persons were hospitalised today.

So far, 36,648 samples have been sent for testing and 36,002 samples have been confirmed with no infection. As part of sentinel surveillance of people in the high-risk group, 3,465 samples were tested separately and 3,231 samples have tested negative.

Briefing the media, Chief Minister, Shri Pinarayi Vijayan said, “The new cases being reported is a warning to those coming back from abroad and other states to be on the alert. We need to strengthen our mitigation efforts and preventive measures.”

Minister of Health & Social Justice, Smt K K Shailaja; and Chief Secretary, Shri Tom Jose IAS were also present