Kerala records 21,402 new COVID-19 cases, 87 deaths

Continuing to register a decline in new daily infections, Kerala on Monday reported 21,402 fresh COVID-19 case, taking the caseload to 21,39,314, while a record 99,651 people were cured in the last 24 hours, pushing the total recoveries to



18,00,179.

The dip in new COVID cases was detected through 86,505 tests carried out in the last 24 hours, taking the test positivity rate to 24.74 per cent.

With 87 more people succumbing to the disease, the toll reached 6,515.