Kerala reported 193 new COVID-19 cases and two deaths on Monday. With 167 recoveries, the number of active cases in the State now is 2,252.
With the death of an 82-year-old Saudi returnee in Manjeri Government Medical College Hospital and that of a 66-year-old trader in an Ernakulam market with no travel history at Government Medical College Hospital, Ernakulam, on Monday, the death toll in the State now is 27.
A total of 5,622 people have so far tested positive for COVID-19 in the State ever since the outbreak began. Of these, 3,341 people are reported to have recovered.
However, local transmission of COVID-19 continues unabated in the State with many resulting in family clusters while in the case of several others the authorities have not been able to establish an epidemiological link. On Monday also, 35 cases out of the newly reported 193 cases were instances of local transmission wherein people with no travel history contracted the disease from the community. The remaining 157 are imported cases of infection.
Triple lockdown
The capital city remains under triple lockdown since the early hours on Monday following a surge in local transmission.
On Monday also, four out of the seven new cases in Thiruvananthapuram were cases that were picked up from the community.
