Kerala reports 131 new virus cases, 1 death

TRIVANDRUM: Kerala on Tuesday recorded one more death of a COVID-19 patient taking the total toll to 24.

Thankappan, 76, who came from Mumbai on Saturday, died at the Medical College Hospital ater suffering a cardiac atack, health minister KK Shailaja said.

A native of Vatiyoorkavu in the state capital here, he was shited to the Government General Hospital on his arrival as he reported breathing trouble.

Doctors shited him to the Government Medical College Hospital on Monday as his condition worsened and he died within an hour.

His swab sample tested positive late Monday form Helo, who have millions of users in India on Tuesday said they are in the process of complying with the government order and are not sharing any data of Indian users with the Chinese government.

elo is available in 14 languages, including Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam.

Tiktok and Helo, both owned by Chinese content giant Bytedance, disappeared from both Google Play Store and Apple App Store on Tuesday. There evening. This is the fith death of a COVID-19 patient in the capital district, where many positive cases with untraceable contacts emerged.

Two of them came from outside while contacts of two remain untraceable, hinting at chances of community spread.

Of the total fatalities reported in Kerala so far, 14 were imported cases of infections while contacts of five people died could not be traced.

The mortality rate in the southern state, the first to report COVID-19 in India as early as on January 30, remains very low compared to others batling the disease.

While there are 215,125 active cases and 334,821 recoveries at the national level, it’s 2,112 was no official communication from Google or Apple on the removal from their respective stores.

Users who have the Tiktok or Helo app on their and 2,304 in Kerala. As of Tuesday, 131 people tested positive for the virus during the last 24 hours, while only 75 patients recovered.

The testing rate continues to be dismal in Kerala, and the recovery rate is also below the national average. India now conducts 210,292 tests a day while it’s 6,076 in Kerala.

Testing is mainly concentrated on people returning from abroad, leaving many local infections untraceable.

Shailaja said 32 of the new cases were in Malappuram district followed by Kannur (26), Palakkad (17), Kollam (12) and Ernakulam (10).

Alappuzha reported nine cases, Kasaragod eight, Trivandrum five (including one who died), mobile phone can still use them. “The government of India has issued an interim order for the blocking of 59 apps, including Tiktok and we are in the process of complying with it,” said Nikhil Gandhi, Head of Tiktok India, adding that the company has been “invited to meet with concerned government stakeholders” for an opportunity to respond and submit clarifications.

Thrissur and Kozhikode four each, Kotayam three and Pathanamthita, one.

Of them, 65 were imported from abroad and 46 from other states while 20 were secondary contacts. They include nine troops guarding airports.

There are now 184,657 people under surveillance, including 2,781 in hospitals.

PARTY SPLIT: In keeping with its tradition of splits ever since inception, Kerala Congress (M) is likely to break into two splinter groups following the ouster of the faction led by Jose K Mani (son of veteran leader late KM Mani) from the opposition United Democratic Front (UDF).