Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and other leaders who attended the state secretariat meeting in the state capital have gone into self-quarantine as finance minister Thomas Isaac tested positive for coronavirus.
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Health minister KK Shailaja, AC Moideen, E Chandrasekharan, VS Sunil Kumar, Kadannappally Ramachandran and KT Jaleel were among the ministers who went into quarantine. Assembly Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan has also gone into quarantine.
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The finance minister has been admitted to Thiruvananthapuram medical college hospital for COVID-19 treatment.
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Due to cold and fever, Isaac decided to undergo an antigen test after which his test results turned out to be positive.
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The state on Sunday reported the highest single-day spike of 3,082 cases.
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As many as 2,196 recoveries were also reported taking the number total recoveries to 64,755.
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Fifty health workers were among those infected by the virus. Ten fresh fatalities pushed the death toll to 348.
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