timeline of the covid-19 pandemic in kerala timeline of the covid-19 pandemic in kerala the following is the timeline of the covid-19 pandemic in kerala from 30 january to 1 december 2020. the timeline is accompanied by a list of confirmed covid-19 deaths in kerala until 6 august 2020 timeline of reported covid-19 cases, recoveries and deaths january–february 30 january, 2–3 february 3 cases: the first positive cases of coronavirus in india were reported from three students of kerala origin, travelling from the wuhan province of china, which was the point of origin of the disease. they belonged to thrissur, alappuzha and kasargod districts of kerala and two of them were medical students at a university in wuhan. following the detection of positive cases, the government of kerala declared a 'state calamity warning'. over 3000 contacts of the affected individuals were placed under quarantine, out of which 45 were placed in hospital quarantine. the three positive individuals later recovered from the infection following hospital care. the 'state calamity' warning was withdrawn after 4 days, when no further cases were reported. as china was a popular country for students from kerala to pursue medicine, several medical students got stranded in china when the lock-down due to coronavirus was put into effect. some of them, who were stranded in airports in china were evacuated and flown into cochin international airport and quarantined at isolation wards in kochi medical college. however, none of them were later tested positive for the disease. total cases (3)recovered (3)deaths (0) march 8 march 5 cases : the positive cases were a couple and their 26-year-old son, who had returned to kerala from italy. two more people who had come in contact with the family also tested positive for the disease. they were kept under quarantine in pathanamthitta general hospital. the family had evaded health check-ups and had visited several other places during the one week they had spent in kerala. following this, the government issued a 'high alert'. total cases (238)recovered (21)deaths (2) 9 march 1 case : a 3-year-old child, who had returned with his parents from italy tested positive. the parents and the child were shifted to the isolation ward at ernakulam medical college. 10 march 8 cases : six individuals who were in contact with the family who had returned from italy were confirmed to have the coronavirus infection. four of the new cases were admitted at kottayam and in kozhencherry. the infected individuals were the grandparents of the affected couple, two from a family they had visited in ranni and two relatives who picked the couple up from the airport. later, the parents of the 3-year-old infected child, who were put in isolation in ernakulam medical college tested positive, taking the total number of cases in kerela to 17. 12 march 2 cases : it was confirmed that two persons with travel history from middle east tested positive for the virus. one, who is from kannur, had a travel history to dubai and the other, from thrissur, had traveled from qatar. on 13 march 3 people tested positive 1 italian in varkala and 2 persons in trivandrum. no new cases reported on march 14.` 13 march 3 cases : three more persons, a keralite who returned from dubai on thursday after visiting many countries, including italy; a tourist from italy who was under observation at a private resort at papanasam in varkala in thiruvananthapuram; and a keralite who returned from united kingdom were tested positive. 15 march 2 cases : a foreigner from britain who was staying in munnar, and another a doctor in trivandrum who had returned from spain. on 16 march, 3 more cases were confirmed by the chief minister of kerala. one in kasargod who had visited dubai and two cases in malappuram who went to saudi arabia bringing the total number of cases to 24. 16 march 3 cases : three cases have tested positive; one in kasaragod and two in malappuram. all the three are said to be gulf returnees. 19 march 1 case : a person from kasargod who returned from dubai. 20 march 12 cases : 5 in ernakulam, 6 in kasargod and 1 in palakkad, bringing the total cases to 40 in kerala. 21 march 12 cases : 6 in kasaragod, 3 each in kannur and ernakulam districts. all of them returned from gulf countries. 22 march 15 cases : 5 in kasargod, 4 in kannur, 2 each in malappuram, ernakulam and kozhikode. 23 march 28 cases : 19 in kasargod, 5 in kannur, 2 in ernakulam, 1 each in thrissur and 1 pathanamthitta. out of 28, 25 active cases has a travel history from dubai and rest being person-to-person transmission.total reported cases were 95 of which 4 were recovered. 24 march 14 cases : 6 in kasargod, 2 in kozhikode and 1 each in alappuzha, ernakulam, kottayam, malappuram, palakkad and thiruvananthapuram districts. 8 of the reported cases returned from has a travel history from dubai and 2 from qatar and united kingdom. 1 among 14 is a medical staff who interacted with positive reported patient. 25 march 9 cases : 3 in ernakulam, 2 each in palakkad and pathanamthitta, 1 each in idukki and kozhikode according to cm of kerala. 26 march 19 cases : wayanad reported its first case along with 9 in kannur, 3 each in kasargod and malappuram, 2 in thrissur, 1 in idukki. five persons who were treatment under ernakulam will be discharged today. therefore, as of now there are 126 positives under treatment. 27 march 39 cases : kollam reported its first case along with 34 in kasargod, 2 in kannur, 1 each in thrissur and kozhikode. this became the most number of positive cases reported in kerala on a single day till now. 28 march 6 cases, 1 death : a 69-year-old male from pallikkal bazar, mattancherry, ernakulam who had a travel history from the middle east reported to be the first death in kerala. new cases are 2 from thiruvananthapuram, 1 each in kasargod, malappuram, palakkad and kollam. 29 march 20 cases : 8 in kannur , 7 in and kasaragod, 1 each in thiruvananthapuram, ernakulam, thrissur, palakkad and malappuram.out of 20, 18 active cases has a travel history from dubai and rest being person-to-person transmission.4 patients were discharged at pathanamthitta. 30 march 32 cases : 15 in kasaragod, 11 in kannur, 2 each in idukki and wayanad.out of 32, 17 active cases has a travel history and rest being person-to-person transmission. 31 march 7 cases, 1 death : a 68-year-old male from thiruvananthapuram reported to be the second death in kerala. new cases are 2 each in kasaragod and thiruvananthapuram and 1 each in kollam, thrissur and kannur. april 1 april 24 cases : 12 in kasargod, 3 in ernakulam, 2 each in thiruvananthapuram, thrissur, malappuram, kannur, 1 in palakkad. total cases (256)recovered (359)deaths (1) 2 april 21 cases : 8 in kasargod, 5 in idukki 2 in kollam, and 1 each in thiruvananthapuram, pathanamthitta, thrissur, malappuram, kozhikode kannur. 3 april 9 cases : 7 in kasargod and 1 each in thrissur, kannur. 4 april 11 cases : 6 in kasargod and 1 each in alappuzha, ernakulam, kannur, kollam and palakkad. 5 april 8 cases : 5 in kozhikode and 1 each in kannur, kasargod and pathanamthitta. 6 april 13 cases : 9 in kasargod, 2 in malappuram and 1 each in kollam, pathanamthitta. 7 april 9 cases : 4 in kasargod, 3 in kannur and 1 each in kollam, malappuram. 8 april 9 cases : 4 in kannur , 2 in alappuzha and 1 each in pathanamthitta, kasargod, and thrissur. 9 april 12 cases : 4 in kasaragod , 4 in kannur , 2 in malappuram and 1 each in kollam and thiruvananthapuram. 10 april 8 cases : 3 in kasaragod , 3 in kannur and 2 in malappuram. 11 april 10 cases : 7 from kannur, 2 in kasargod and 1 in kozhikode. 12 april 2 cases : 1 each in kannur and pathanamthitta. 13 april 3 cases : 2 in kannur and 1 in palakkad. 14 april 8 cases : 4 in kannur, 3 in kozhikode and 1 in kasargod. 15 april 1 case : in kannur. 16 april 7 cases : 4 in kannur, 2 in kozhikode and 1 in kasargod. 17 april 1 case : 1 in kozhikode. 18 april 4 cases : 3 in kannur and 1 in kozhikode. 19 april 2 cases : 1 in kannur and 1 in kasaragod. 20 april 6 cases : all in kannur. 21 april 19 cases : 10 in kannur, 4 in palakkad, 3 in kasargod, 1 each in kollam and malappuram (1). 22 april 11 cases : 7 in kannur, 2 in kozhikode, 1 each in kottayam and malappuram. 23 april 10 cases : 4 in idukki, 2 in kozhikode, 2 in kottayam, 1 each in kollam and thiruvananthapuram. 24 april 3 cases, 1 death : a 4-month year old baby girl from manjeri died at government medical college, kozhikode due to covid-19 reporting the third and the youngest patients death in the state. all positive cases in kasargod. 25 april 7 cases : 3 each in kottayam, kollam and 1 in kannur. 26 april 11 cases : 6 in idukki and 5 in kottayam. 27 april 13 cases : 4 in idukki, 6 in kottayam, 1 each in kannur, malappuram and palakkad. 28 april 4 cases : 3 in kannur and 1 in kasargod. 29 april 10 cases : 6 in kollam, 2 each in thiruvananthapuram and kasargod. out of 6 in kollam, 5 were infected through person-to-person transmission and rest the one is a traveler came from andhra pradesh. in kasargod, both 2 were infected through person-to-person transmission and one among them is a journalist. 30 april 2 cases : 1 in malappuram and 1 in kasargod. may 2 may 2 cases : 1 in wayanad and 1 in kannur. total cases (772)recovered (207)deaths (6) 5 may 3 cases : all in wayanad. 8 may 1 case : a person in ernakulam. 9 may 2 cases : 2 malappuram native repatriated expats. 10 may 7 cases : 3 in wayanad, 2 in thrissur and 1 each in ernakulam and malappuram. 11 may 7 cases : 4 in kasargod, and 1 each in palakkad, wayanad and malappuram. 12 may 5 cases : 3 in malappuram, and 1 each in kottayam and pathanamthitta. 13 may 10 cases : 3 in malappuram, 2 each in palakkad and wayanad and 1 each in kannur, kottayam and kozhikode. 14 may 26 cases : 10 in kasargod, 5 in malappuram, 3 each in palakkad and wayanad, 2 in kannur and 1 each in pathanamthitta, idukki and kozhikode. 15 may 16 cases : 5 in wayanad, 4 in malappuram, 2 each in alappuzha and kozhikode and 1 each in kasargod, kollam and palakkad. 16 may 11 cases : 4 in thrissur, 3 in kozhikode and 2 each in palakkad and malappuram. 17 may 14 cases : 4 each in kozhikode and malappuram, 2 each in palakkad and kannur and 1 each in ernakulam, kasargod, kollam and thrissur. 18 may 29 cases : 6 in kollam, 4 in thrissur, 3 each in thiruvananthapuram and kannur, 2 each in pathanamthitta, alappuzha, kottayam, kozhikode and kasargod and 1 each in ernakulam, palakkad and malappuram. 19 may 12 cases : 5 in kannur, 3 in malappuram and 1 each in alappuzha, palakkad, pathanamthitta and thrissur. 20 may 24 cases : 7 in palakkad, 4 in malappuram, 3 in kannur, 2 each in pathanamthitta, thiruvananthapuram and thrissur and 1 each in ernakulam, alappuzha, kasargod and kozhikode. 21 may 24 cases : 5 in malappuram, 4 in kannur, 3 each in kottayam and thrissur, 2 each in alappuzha, thiruvananthapuram and kollam and 1 each in idukki, kasargod and palakkad. 22 may 42 cases, 1 death : a lady from thrissur, who died in thrissur on the way from mumbai to kerala tested positive. she is reported to be the fourth death in kerala. new cases are 12 in kannur, 7 in kasargod, 5 each in palakkad and kozhikode, 4 each in thrissur and malappuram, 2 in kottayam and 1 each in kollam, pathanamthitta and wayanad. 23 may 62 cases : 19