Ernakulam: Kerala reported one more death of a covid-19 patient, taking the total fatalities to nine, and 62 new patients including, in a relatively rare occurence, two cabin crew of Air India, one health worker and two prisoners.
With this, the state's recorded cases have reached 1,150. There are 577 active cases, 565 recoveries so far, said the health department.
Ten more people cured on Friday. The 65-year-old deceased, hailing from Thiruvalla in Pathanamthitta district, had returned from the Gulf was undergoing treatment at the Kottayam medical college hospital, where he succumbed to the virus infection on Friday morning, said Kerala's chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan.