Vengola recorded 51 new COVID-19 cases while Edathala logged 50 cases on Monday when the district had a total of 1,153 cases. The test positivity rate was 9.2%.
Three of the newly infected were health workers. As many as 1,477 patients recovered. As of Monday evening, the district had 18,063 active patients. A fresh batch of 12,518 samples were sent for testing on Monday.