Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 22 (UNI) Kerala registered 5,254 news cases of COVID-19 on Sunday even as 6,227 patients recovered from the disease, Health Minister KK Shailaja said.
The Minister in a press release said "Of the positive cases reported on Sunday, 4,445 were cases of local transmission and the source of infection for 662 was unknown. There were 53 medical personnel among those infected on Sunday."
Meanwhile, 27 COVID deaths were also confirmed on Sunday taking the death toll from the virus in the state to 2,049.