Thiruvananthapuram Kerala reported over 3,000 new COVID-19 cases for the third consecutive day. On Thursday, the State reported 3,162 new cases when 21,394 samples were tested in the past 24 hours.
The test positivity rate on the day was 14.77%, slightly higher than the last seven days’ average of 14.15%. The active cases in the State have now increased to 19,473 cases.
A total of 13 deaths were added to the official COVID-19 fatality list of the State. Two of the deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, while the rest, except one, were recent COVID-related deaths .