Kerala reported six more confirmed cases of coronavirus, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Tuesday. With the news cases, the total number of infected people in the state rose to 12.
The affected include three who had come from Italy and eight who came in contact with them, Vijayan told reporters after a special cabinet meeting on Tuesday. A three-year-old child, who returned along with his parents from the European nation, had tested positive in Kochi on Monday. The samples of his parents have also been sent for testing and the results are awaited, Vijayan said.
Totally, 1,116 people are under surveillance in the state and 149 in various hospitals, he said.
India's first three positive cases, reported from Kerala earlier, have been treated and discharged from hospitals. They had come from the Chinese city Wuhan, which is the epicenter of coronavirus.
Earlier, Health Minister KK Shailaja had warned that those coming from COVID19 affected nations, should report to authorities on arrival in the state, failing which a case would be registered against them under the Public Health Act.
A 3-member family, which had come from Italy recently and had tested positive along with two of their relatives had not reported their arrival to the authorities, health officials said.
(With inputs from PTI)
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