State reports 1,792 new cases

Kerala reported 1,792 new cases of COVID-19 when 50,565 samples were tested in the past 24 hours, taking the State’s cumulative case burden, ever since the pandemic began, to 10,91,270 on Sunday. The test positivity rate (TPR), which has been below 4% since the past one week, was 3.54%.

With 3,238 recoveries on Sunday, the active case pool dropped again to reach 29,478 cases. The cumulative recoveries reported by the State ever since the pandemic began has risen to 10,57,097. On Sunday, the addition of 15 recent deaths to the official list took the State’s cumulative COVID-19 toll till date to 4,396.