THIRUVANANTHAPURAM : Kerala recorded the single highest one day spike of 6,477 COVID-19 cases on Friday, taking the infection tally to 1,59,933.
Twenty two deaths took the toll to 635. The state had on Thursday reported 6,324 cases and 21 deaths. As the state government increased the sample testing in the last 24 hours to 56,057, the positive cases touched 6,477. "Out of those infected today, 58 are from abroad, 198 are from other states and 5,418 got the disease from their contacts.
The sources of infection of 713 are yet to be confirmed. Eighty health workers are among those infected," health minister K K Shailaja said in a release.