22-year-old man tests negative for coronavirus in 20th test in Kerala

A 22-year-old man who went through a 41-day long treatment as he was a coronavirus patient who returned from London last month, was discharged from the government medical college hospital here on Monday after he regained health, hospital authorities said.

The man’s samples had tested positive 19 times before it turned negative twice in the last two tests.

He was free from the grip of the novel coronavirus on the 36th day of his admission to the isolation ward of the hospital.

A native of Malappuram, the man was admitted to the hospital on March 18 due to symptoms of COVID-19 on his arrival here from London via Sharjah.

Medical college hospital principal Dr. Thomas Mathew hailed the courage displayed by the man during the course of the lengthy treatment. Besides quality treatment, he was also given full mental support, he said.

Last week, a 62-year-old COVID-19 woman patient was discharged from a hospital in Pathanamthitta district after a 48-day-long treatment.

Her samples had returned positive 20 times before her last two consecutive results turned negative.

13 new cases of COVID-19 are reported in Kerala, the number of patients increased to 481, with 13 new cases of Coronavirus in Kerala, the number of infected people has increased to 481.

On Monday (April 27), among those who have confirmed the infection, a teenager returned from America. Chief Minister P Vijayan told reporters in Thiruvananthapuram that out of the new cases that have come up in the state, six are in Kottayam, four in Idukki, one each in Palakkal, Malappuram, and Kannur. The number of cases has increased in Idukki and Kottayam in the state in the last two days, with which the government has included these two districts in the Red Zone. With this, a total of six districts have now been included in the Red Zone in the state.