A total of 1,079 people are in hospital with 91 of those being treated in intensive care..

A total of 1,048 people are in hospital with 90 of those being treated in intensive care..

There are also currently 1,054 people in hospitals across the country who have tested positive for the virus.

Meanwhile, in the last 24 hours, Kerala witnessed more COVID recoveries as compared to new infection cases. .With 25,588 discharges, the recovery total went up to 42,09,746.

It comes as a senior NHS figure expects soldiers will be brought in to drive ambulances in a bid to sort out the crisis in the service.

The bulletin also said that since Saturday, 29,710 people recovered from the infection taking the total number to 41,30,065 and the number of active cases to 2,22,255.Among the 14 districts, Ernakulam recorded the highest number of cases with 2,572