THIRUVANANTHAPURAM : Covid cases in Kerala reached a total of 59,31,945 on Saturday, as 50,812 new Covid-19 cases were reported in the past twenty four hours, the official health bulletin stated.
The state also logged eight Covid-19 related deaths, taking the total death toll to 53,191. 47,649 persons recovered from the novel coronavirus and were discharged in the past twenty four hours taking the total recoveries in the state to 55,41,834.
The state has tested 1,10,970 samples in the last 24 hours and there are 3,36,202 active Covid-19 cases in the state, the department said.
Yesterday, the state reported 54,537 Covid-19 cases whereas it was 51,739 on Thursday. On January 25, Kerala had registered 55,475 cases, the highest ever single day spike in the infection since the outbreak of the pandemic in 2020.