Test positivity rate at 5.41%Kerala’s cumulative case burden of COVID-19 cases rose to 10,52,357, with the State reporting 3,671 new cases on Friday, when 67,812 samples were tested in the past 24 hours. The cumulative recoveries reported by the State ever since the pandemic began thus rose to 9,96,514 cases. U.K. variantThree more persons who travelled to the State from the United Kingdom tested positive in the past 24 hours. A total of 94 persons who reached the State from the U.K. since mid-December have tested positive for COVID-19. So far, 11 persons, including one contact of a U.K. returnee, have tested positive for the virus variant B.1.1.7 in the State.

Source: The Hindu February 26, 2021 18:12 UTC