Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 26 (UNI) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan informed that 4,287 new cases of COVID-19 were reported and 7,107 patients have recovered from the disease in the State on Monday.
Addressing a press conference here this evening, the CM said: "Total 3,711 people were infected through contact and the source of infection was unknown for 471. There are 53 healthcare workers among those infected."
He said 20 recent deaths were confirmed as being caused by Covid, taking the count of related deaths in the State to 1,352. Prashanth Kumar (55) & Anthony Danish (37) from Alappuzha district, Vidyadharan (75) from Kottayam district, Siddique (62) from Ernakulam district; Rosy (84), Velayudhan (80) & Mary (62) from Thrissur district, Chandrasekharan (53) from Palakkad district, Abdulla Kutty (85) from Malappuram district, Karthayaini Amma (89) from Kozhikode district; Mariam (85), Hamsa (62), Mathai (71), Abdul Rahman (89) & Aleyamma (78) from Wayanad district; Hamsa (75), Mammuhaji (90) & Jayarajan (62) from Kannur district, and Chomu (63) & Muhammad Kunhi (72) from Kasargod district are the deceased.