36-year-old-man dies of COVID-19 in Kerala toll now 9

Thiruvananthapuram, May 30 (PTI): A 36-year-old
man, who returned from the UAE, has succumbed to the
coronavirus infection at the Alappuzha medical college
hospital, taking the total COVID-19 fatalities in the state to
nine, official sources said on Saturday.
     "The man was under quarantine after he returned
to the state from Abu Dhabi on May27.He did not have symptoms
of COVID-19, but had liver ailment and vomittedblood before
he passed away by noon on Friday.
     His samples were taken and sent for testing and he
was found positive," the sources said.
     Another Gulf returnee, a 62-year-old-man, who was
in quarantine, died at a hospital in Thalassery today.
His sample, which was tested, was found negative for
the infection, Kannur district medical sources said.
On Friday, 62 people, including a health worker, two
cabin crew of Air India Express and two prisoners, had tested
postivefor the virus,taking the total tally of infections in
the stateto 1150.
Of the infected, 33 people had come from various
countries while 23 had come from other states, including Tamil
Nadu and Maharastra-10 each, Karnataka, Delhi and Punjabone
each while one person was infected through contact, Chief
Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told reporters yesterday.
     The Test Positive Rate (TFR) in Kerala is 1.7 per
cent as compared to the 5 per cent TFR in the country, while
the Case Fatality Rate (CFR) is 0.5 per cent, Vijayan said,
adding the state's improved public health system, efficient
contact tracing and scientific quarantine were the keys to
this achievement.
     According to him,Kerala has conducted 80,091 tests
in total.
     "Our numbers are high.     Our count is 2,335 tests per
10 lakh people.     We have one positive case for every 71 tests
while the national average is one for every 23 tests.
     This means we are conducting thrice the number of
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