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Active covid-19 cases dip below 100 in Kerala

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Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the active number of infections came down to 96 on Saturday, from 102 a day ago Kerala's total number of covid-19 cases dipped below 100 on Saturday, for the first time after it became a hotbed of the pandemic and started slowing the spread.

The daily cases had climbed above a hundred cases on 25 March. Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the active number of infections came down to 96 on Saturday, from 102 a day ago.

That brings the total number of infections recorded in the state to 499 recorded cases. But a few distress signs remain. The state has reported two new positive cases in Kannur and Wayanad districts on Saturday but Wayanad was a green zone for more than a month now.

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