Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan expressed concern over the development and said the state needs to gear up for "a new phase in the fight against the pandemic' Kerala reported five more covid-19 cases on Tuesday, four of them repatriated from the Gulf region.
It is in line with the trend of a rising new wave of infections in one of the few states that managed to flatten the infection curve.
Kerala expects to receive the bulk of nearly 15000 stranded expats repatriated from overseas in Vande Bharat Mission that began Thursday.
With 11 of them testing positive so far, Keraa's active cases jumped from 16 two days ago to 32 now. A total of 31,616 people are under observation in Kerala.