Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 14 (UNI) Total 8,778 persons in Kerala were tested positive while 2,642 patients recovered from the disease, Health Minister KK Shailaja said on wednesday.
"In the last 24 hours, Covid was not detected in any person who recently came to Kerala from the UK (total 112 now) and their samples have been sent to NIV, Pune for further testing. So far, 11 people who came from the UK were diagnosed with the genetically modified virus," the Minister said in a statement, here on Wednesday evening.
Meanwhile, 22 recent deaths were confirmed today as due to Covid, taking the death toll in the state to 4,836.