New cases in state: Kannur overtakes Kasaragod

TNN | Updated: Apr 21, 2020, 09:25 IST

With some of the curbs getting relaxed, people have started venturing out for emergency purposes. A woman along with her baby comes for treatment at district hospital, Kottayam, on Monday

With some of the curbs getting relaxed, people have started venturing out for emergency purposes. A woman alon...Read More

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The trend of more people getting discharged than the number of positive cases reported each day is continuing in Kerala. As many as 21 persons tested negative on Monday when six new cases were reported in Kannur.
Of the lot, five came from abroad and one person contracted the disease through direct contact. The total number of cases reported in the state is 407 and among them 291 have recovered.
Now, Kannur has the most number of cases in the state at 52, with patients admitted in different hospitals. Kasaragod, which had the highest number of positive cases earlier, has only 25 persons under treatment. Test results of 21 persons were declared negative and 19 of them were from Kasaragod (two persons under treatment in Kannur) and two were from Alappuzha. As of now, 114 positive cases are being treated.
As many as 46,323 persons are kept under surveillance, of which 45,925 are in home isolation and 398 are admitted to designated isolation facilities. Till date, 19,756 samples of suspect cases were sent for testing, of which 19,074 turned negative. Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan warned people against defying lockdown guidelines and coming out in large numbers. “People are under the impression that things are under control in state. But that is not the situation. A small carelessness could prove costly. Hence, we will have to continue vigil and caution,” he said.
Till date, Kerala achieved success due to the support people provided during lockdown and by avoiding mass gatherings. The situation should not go out of control and for this, the government needs your support, he added.
Vijayan said Centre has supplied PPEs, N95 masks and rapid antibody test kits to Kerala. The Institute of Advanced Virology, set up at Thonnakkal in Thiruvananthapuram, has been included in the global virology network.