Kerala Confirms 5 New Cases

Five more people have tested positive for coronavirus in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 39 in India.

Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja on Sunday said five new positive patients had been admitted in the isolation wards. "Three people recently returned from Italy, due to which two more got the disease here in Pathanamthitta district," she added.

The earliest 3 cases of COVID-19 were also from Kerala and were successfully discharged after recovery.