THIRUVANANTHAPURAM : Kerala's daily COVID-19 graph continues to surge with 7,006 new cases being reported on Saturday, taking the infection count to 1,66,939 and over 50,000 people are presently under treatment, state Health Minister K K Shailaja said.In the last 24 hours, 58,799 samples have been tested.The southern state has been witnessing a massive spike in daily cases since the past few days.
While 6,477 cases were detected on Friday, it was 6,324 on Thursday and 5,376 on Wednesday.The toll has climbed to656 with 21more fatalities, the minister said in a press release here.As many as 3,199 people have recovered from the infection while 1,14,530 have been discharged so far after treatment.In Thiruvananthapuram district, 1,050 cases were.