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Kerala: CM Pinarayi Vijayan’s Hometown In Kannur District Turns Coronavirus Hotspot
Swarajya Staff
May 25, 2020, 06:49 PM | Updated 06:49 PM IST
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When the figures of the Covid-19 impact on Monday was reviewed, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's hometown -- Pinarayi in Kannur has been declared as a new hotspot.
Kannur, the home district of Vijayan reported 10 new cases on Monday, taking the total positive cases there to 77.
With Pinarayi turning a hotspot along with three other places on Monday, at present there are 59 hotspots in the state. Vijayan however has not visited his hometown for a while now, as he has been staying put in the state capital.
Meanwhile, the total number of fresh positive cases on Monday in Kerala stood at 49, keeping with the increased numbers that have been reported in the past few days.
On Saturday, there were 62 cases and on Sunday it was 53.
Of the 49 cases, 18 came from abroad and 25 from within the country.
Currently there are 359 active positive cases in the state and 532 people have by now turned negative, since the first case reported in the country was at Thrissur on January 30.
(With inputs from IANS)
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