ERNAKULAM : Continuing the trend of rising infections, Kerala said it has 49 new covid-19 cases, and 12 recoveries, on Monday.
For the first time, the government said in a statement, it has two prisoners as patients. Kerala has had 894 total recorded cases so far, out of which 359 are active cases and 532 have recovered.
Six covid-19 patients died in Kerala so far, including a Puducherry native who died while undergoing treatment in the state.
The Puducherry native is counted as one of the state's fatalities tally by the center, but not by the state government. Most of the fresh cases, 43 in total, have a travel history.