THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala has recorded around 9,300 new cases of COVID-19 infection on Sunday, October 11, 2020. Tests were conducted on 61,629 samples which takes the test positivity rate to 15 per cent. The casualty number of the state has reached the mark of 1,000 with 25 more people succumbing to the virus.
Five deaths were reported from Malappuram, four from Alapuzha, three each from Thrissur and Kollam and two each from Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode, Kasaragod, Kannur and Kottayam. Around 98 per cent of the infections in the state were acquired locally and almost 821 cases were not traced to the source. Malappuram (1,451) recorded highest number of cases followed by Thrissur (1,228), while Idukki (123) had the lowest.