Kerala reports 22,129 new COVID cases, 13,415 recoveries

Thiruvananthapuram: Covid-19 was newly detected in 22,129 persons in Kerala on Monday while 13,415 patients have recovered from the disease, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said.
In a press release here this ev ening, the CM said “1,79,130 samples were tested during the last 24 hours and the Test Positivity Rate (TPR) is 12.35 %. A total of 2,65,36,792 samples have been sent for testing till this day.”
Meanwhile, 156 recent deaths were confirmed today as due to Covid taking the death toll in the state to 16,326.
Today, 271 Local Self Government areas were identified with TPR above 15 percent in the State
In the last 24 hours, Covid was not detected in any person who recently came to Kerala from the UK. So far, 11 people who came from the UK were diagnosed with the genetically modified virus.