Two fresh COVID-19 cases in Kerala, total goes up to 505

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Two fresh COVID-19 cases in Kerala, total goes up to 505
Thiruvananthapuram, May 9 () Two fresh cases ofCOVID-19 were reported from Kerala on Saturday, both beingforeign returnees who reached the state from Dubai and AbuDhabi on May 7 and were among the expatriates airlifted by theCentre as part of its mission to bring back stranded Indiansabroad.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said with the twonew patients, the total number of cases in the state has goneup to 505 and there are currently 17 under treatment.

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"One patient from Idukki, who was under treatment,has been cured today.The two new cases are now under treatmentin Kochi and Kozhikode.

They reached the state on May 7 in the Abu Dhabi-Kochi andDubai-Kozhikode flights, respectively," Vijayan toldreporters.

"There are 23,930 people under observation in thestate out of which 334 are in isolation wards of varioushospitals," he said.

Out of the total 505 infected, Kerala has till nowcured 485,Vijayan added.

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