Twenty-eight COVID deaths were confirmed in Kerala on Saturday.
They are:
Thiruvananthapuram
Dinesh Kumar (55) from Kattakkada
Devaraj (60) from Kanjiramkulam
Kollam
Somnathan (64) from Karunagappalli
Tajuddin (75) from Kollam
Pathanamthitta
Binuraj (42) from Peringanad
Mohammad Musthafa (81)
VM Daniel (82) from Kadampanad
Alappuzha
George (77) from Mararikulam
Chris (30) from Cherthala
Somasundaran Pillai (63) from Cherthala
Balakrishnan (69) from Karuvatta
Kottayam
Gopinathan Nair (57) from Mullassery
Ernakulam
Ammini Purushothaman (63) from Thevara
KN Shashi (66) from Pattimattom
Radhakrishnan (72) from East Kochi
Thampi (59) from Varapuzha
Thrissur
Gopalan (62) from Minalur
Sreedharan (82) from Irinjalakuda
Palakkad
Bindu (48) from Mundur
Malappuram
Tami (75) from Chelakkadavu
Mohammad (70) from Kalikavu
Kunjimuhammed (80) from Vattalur
Kottayam
Aboobacker (78) from Kalarikkal
Kannur
CP Abdu (59) from Anthoor
Muhammad Kunhi (55) from Taliparamba
Mariam (61) from Pazhayangadi
Nafisa (60) from Kadirur
Abdul Aziz (85) from Chelad
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With this, COVID death toll in the state rises to 1,668.
Though more deaths were reported, the State is yet to ascertain them as COVID deaths. Tests are underway at National Institute of Virology in Alappuzha.