5,214 new cases of COVID-19 in Kerala

Kerala recorded 5,214 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, pushing the caseload to 9,77,394, while the toll mountedto 3,902 with 19 additional fatalities. As many as 6,475 people were cured of the infection, taking the total recoveries to 9,09,102. The active cases touched



64,131, Health minister K K Shailaja said in a press release.
 

In the last 24 hours ending 2 pm, 69,844 samples were tested and the test positivity rate was 7.47 per cent. A total of 1,02,14,097 samples have been examined so far, according to the release.