Total 20 patients under treatment

Thiruvananthapuram, May 09: Kerala Minister for Health, Smt K K Shailaja informed that seven new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in Kerala today. Three of the positive cases are in Wayanad district, two from Thrissur district, and one each in Ernakulam and Malappuram districts. Three of them are Pravasi Malayalees who came back from Abu Dhabi on May 07 by the first evacuation flight to Kerala, two have returned from Chennai and two are cases of local transmission.

At the same time, four patients under treatment for Coronavirus tested negative today. Two patients from Kannur district and one each from Palakkad and Kasargod districts are those who have recovered from the infection. With today’s results, Kasargod district, which once had the highest number of patients is Covid free. So far, 489 patients have been cured of this infection in the State and 20 patients are presently under treatment in different hospitals.

26,712 persons are now under surveillance in various districts in the State. Of these, 26,350 are under quarantine at their homes and 362 are isolated at hospitals. 135 people were admitted to hospitals today.

Till now, 37,464 samples have been sent for testing and 36,630 samples have been confirmed with no infection. As part of sentinel surveillance, 3,815 samples were collected from people in the high-risk group – healthcare workers, migrant labourers and those with higher public exposure, and tested. Out of these, 3,525 samples have tested negative.

No new place in the State was declared as hotspot today and currently, there are 33 hotspots in Kerala now.