coronavirus cases in the southern state increased to 44,415. The number of active coronavirus patients in the state zoomed to 15,310, according to state health bulletin.
Among the active cases, the capital district had the highest number of 3,934 cases followed by Malappuram (2,137), Kozhikode (1,503) and Ernakulam (1,371), Alappuzha (1,323) and Kasaragod (971).Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and seven of his cabinet colleagues along with top officials tested negative.
Vijayan, Shailaja and others, who went into self- quarantine on Friday after the Malappuram District Collector contracted the virus days after accompanying them to the air crash site there, tested negative for coronavirus, sources in the chief minister's office.