Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala reported 6,268 new COVID-19 cases and 5,707 fresh recoveries on Wednesday, according to the state government.
At least 5,652 were locally transmitted cases and the source of infection for 460 was unknown, the government said.There are 54 healthcare workers among those infected.
In the meantime, 28 deaths realted to COVID-19 in the last few days were confirmed today, taking the death toll in the state to 3,042.As many as 63,887 samples were tested during the last 24 hours and the test positivity rate is at 9.81 per cent.
As many as 78,53,651 samples have been sent for testing so far.1,006 new coronavirus cases were detected in Ernakulam, 714 in Pathanamthitta, 638 in Kozhikode, 602 in Kollam, 542 in Kottayam, 463.