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Thiruvananthapuram: There is one new hotspot in Kerala on Saturday while 4 areas were removed from the list of hotspots.
Parali in Palakkad district is the new hotspot. The 4 areas removed from the list of hotspots are Mallapuzhassery (all wards) in Pathanamthitta, Thennala (wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17) Engandiyur (2, 3, 4, 5, 6) and Chavakkad municipality (3, 4, 8, 19, 20, 29, 30) in Thrissur.
Now there are 111 hotspots in the state.
Kerala has recorded 195 new COVID cases within 24 hours on Saturday. 102 people have recovered from the disease in the state. 15 people have contracted the disease through contact.
With this the state has set a new record in the number of coronavirus cases reported and number of recoveries in a single day.