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Pinarayi Vijayan who is the Chief Minister of Kerala has said that six more fresh cases of coronavirus have been reported in the state of Kerala on Tuesday.

These announcements have been made by the Chief Minister at a press conference after a special cabinet meeting has been chaired where in Pinarayi Vijayan has said that the total number of patients suffering from the deadly novel COVID-19 in the state of Kerala has now increased to twelve and that nine out of the twelve are said to be in Pathanamithitta, two in Kottayam and one is said to be in Kochi.

K K Shailaja who is the state health minister of Kerala has said that all the others except the one minor of 3 years of age in Kochi, has been infected through the three people who have come from the COVID-19 hit Italy dodging the state authorities, as said by the minister who has also attended the press conference.

With an increase in the number of confirmed cases of being infected by the deadly coronavirus, the state of Kerala has canceled all the public functions for a month and the classes for the children from one to seven are said to be suspended in all the schools across the state of Kerala.

The government has also requested the theatres and the cinema halls to curb their operation for a temporary time period. The Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has also said in the press conference that all the functions, festivals and the wedding has to be deferred as there would be large numbers of people gathering. The people of the state have also been requested by he Chief Minister saying that the rituals can be conducted but to keep them limited at home.

The Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of Kerala has also suggested that the devotees avoid visiting the Sabarimala shrine which is said to be opening on Thursday for the monthly poojas.

The deadly coronavirus which has been officially named as COVID-19 has been first identified in the Wuhan city of China and the novel coronavirus has been reported of spreading at an alarming rate across China and also across several other countries claiming lives of several thousands of people and also infecting many more. The first case of death being caused by getting infected by the deadly coronavirus that has been recorded, has been first reported in Philippines.

Currently, the number of confirmed cases of being infected by the deadly novel COVID-19 has been recorded as the number being 114,542 in number and the number of deaths that have been caused by the deadly COVID-19 has been recorded to be 4,028.

By Shrithika Kushangi