Cases of corona are surging in Kerala. More than a hundred health workers counted as 103, to be specific are among those newly infected with the coronavirus in Kerala on Saturday. The state recorded 9,016 fresh cases on Saturday, from 52,067 samples tested in the last 24 hours. There are now 96,004 active cases, with 7,991 recoveries were also reported on Saturday, said a release from the office of Health Minister KK Shailaja. The health department has previously said that it was laying off 432 health workers including 385 doctors since they were staying away from service without authorization.
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They were staying away at a time their service was most required during COVID-19 and had not heeded repeated warnings from the department, said a release. The situation stays to remain severe with three districts accounting for over 1,000 cases each on Saturday - Malappuram recording 1,519, Thrissur 1,109 and Ernakulam 1,022. Thiruvananthapuram, which had earlier reported the most number of cases in consecutive weeks, has on Saturday recorded 848 infections. Kozhikode has 926 fresh cases.
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There have also been 26 departures across districts, taking the total toll to 1,140. The deceased included a 103-year-old, two aged over 90; there were 14 people who were over 60 years old. Worryingly, a 26-year-old is also among the casualties. However, the state has also recorded recoveries of people as old as 110 – a woman from Manjeri in Malappuram having survived the disease in August end. Of the positive cases, 127 had come from outside the state, 7,464 were infected through contact and the source of infection of 1,321 was not yet known, the minister said.
