Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 20 (UNI) COVID-19 was confirmed in 6,028 people newly in Kerala on Friday even as 6,398 patients have recovered from the disease, Health Minister KK Shailaja said.
The Minister in a press release here this evening said "Of the new positive cases reported today, 5,213 people were infected through contact and the contact source for 654 was not traceable. There were 56 medical and paramedical staffs among those infected."
Meanwhile, 28 deaths were confirmed today as being caused by Covid taking the related death toll in the State to 1,997.