States »SoutPosted at: Apr 10 2021 10:21PM

Kerala reports 6,194 new COVID cases, 2,584 recoveries: Health Minister

Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 10 (UNI) Kerala reported 6,194 new cases of COvid-19 on Saturday, while 2,584 patients also recovered from the disease, Health Minister KK Shailaja said.
"In the last 24 hours, COVID was not detected in any person who recently came to Kerala from the UK (total 111 now) and their samples have been sent to NIV, Pune for further testing. So far, 11 people who came from the UK were diagnosed with the genetically modified virus," the minister said in a press release here this evening.
Meanwhile, 17 recent deaths were recorded on Saturday from COVID taking the death toll in the state to 4,767.
The minister said 61,957 samples were tested during the last 24 hours and the test positivity rate is 10 %. Till now, a total of 1,37,03,838 samples have been sent for testing.
Today, 17 new places were identified as hotspots while three places were excluded from the list, taking the total to 382 hotspots in the state.
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