
17,983 new cases in State
The Hindu
Kerala reported 17,983 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, when 1,10,523 samples were tested in the past 24 hours. The State’s active case pool has been on a declining trend and it had 1,62,846 patients
Kerala reported 17,983 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, when 1,10,523 samples were tested in the past 24 hours.
The State’s active case pool has been on a declining trend and it had 1,62,846 patients on Friday, with 15,054 patients reported to have recovered on the day.
The Health Department states that only 12.6% of the active cases are admitted in hospitals. The official cumulative case fatality now stands at 24,318 with the State adding 127 deaths, most of which occurred in the past few days, to the official list of COVID deaths on Friday.

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