ERNAKULAM: Kerala on Tuesday recorded four new covid-19 cases and said it plans a rehabilitation package for crisis-ridden industries.
Two of the patients came from overseas and the rest were infected through contacts, he said. Three of the fresh cases were reported in Kannur and one in Kasargod, even as four people have recovered.
According to chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Kerala has recorded 485 total cases so far, and 123 active patients. The state has 20,773 people under observation, with 518 of them in hospitals.
So far, 23,980 samples have been tested, and 23,277 returned with negative results, said Vijayan. Meanwhile, the state is putting together a rehabilitation package to save industries and sectors from the economic fallout