Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 27 (UNI) Kerala recorded 3,966 fresh COVID-19 cases on Friday while 4,544 patient recovered, the State Health Minister KK Shailaja said.
The Minister, in a statement issued here in the evening, said: "Of the positive cases reported today, 3,348 were cases of local transmission and the source of infection was unknown for 488. There were 49 medical/para-medical staffers among those infected."
Meanwhile, 23 deaths were confirmed as due to Covid, taking the related death toll in the State to 2,171, she added.