Ernakulam: A 67-year old person who passed away on Friday turned positive in Kerala on Monday, taking the death tally to 20, said the state's health minister KK Shailaja in a statement.
The state has reported 82 new covid-19 cases and 73 recoveries, she said, taking Kerala's active cases to 1,348. The state has recorded 1,174 patients recoveries so far.Kerala was the first state to report a coronavirus infection in India.
It flattened the curve in April, but saw a return of the cases when international and interstate travel partially resumed. The pattern continued on Monday too— 49 of the fresh patients came from foreign countries and 23 came from other states.