Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 19 (UNI) Kerala reported 5,022 new COVID-19 positive cases on Monday, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said.
Addressing a press conference here this evening, the CM said "Of these, 4,257 people were infected through contact and the infection source for 647 was unknown. There are 59 healthcare workers among those infected. At the same time, 7,469 patients have recovered today from Coronavirus infection."
He said 21 deaths were confirmed today taking the Covid related death toll in the State to 1,182. The deceased are Ramabhai (54), Indira Devi (66) and Snehalatha Devi (53) from Thiruvananthapuram district, Rahmat (64) and Sivaprasad (70) from Kollam district; Khadeeja (74), Lakshmi (77), Smt Prakashan (75), C S Benny (53) & P S Hamsa (86) from Ernakulam district; Omana (63), Kadar Khaji (86) & Abdul Khader (67) from Thrissur district, Aishakutty (72) and Mariumma (55) from Malappuram district, Aboobacker (65), Yaseer Arafat (35), Ramakrishnan (73) and Shyamala (73) from Kozhikode district, Claramma Joy (63) from Kannur district, and T K Soman (63) from Kasaragod district.