Kerala Covid-19 Tracker: 13 recoveries & two new cases reported today, total 129 patients under treatment

Thiruvananthapuram, April 18: Minister of Health & Social Justice, Smt K K Shailaja Teacher today informed that 13 Covid-19 patients in Kerala have recovered today from the infection. Eight patients from Kasargod district, three in Kannur district, and one each from Malappuram and Thrissur districts are those who tested negative after treatment. With this, the number of recovered cases has gone up to 270. Currently, 129 patients are under treatment in various hospitals across the State.

At the same time, two new cases of Coronavirus infection were confirmed in Kerala, one each in Kannur and Kasargod districts. Both persons have returned from the UAE, one from Dubai and the other from Abu Dhabi. This takes the total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Kerala to 401.

The number of people under surveillance in the State has further come down to 55,590. Of these, 55,129 are quarantined at their homes and 461 are under observation in isolation wards in hospitals. 72 persons were hospitalised today. So far, 19,351 samples from people with symptoms have been sent for testing and 18,547 samples have tested negative with no infection.

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