Twelve more fresh cases of Covid-19 were reported from Kerala on Saturday, taking the tally to 49, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said.

While six more people tested positive from Kasaragod, three each new cases were from Kannur and Ernakulam districts, Vijayan told reporters after a review meeting here. All those who were diagnosed with the virus on Saturday had returned from Dubai recently, Vijayan said.

Three medical students from Wuhan in China, who had tested positive, have been cured and discharged from hospitals earlier.

At least 52,785 people are in home quarantine, while 228 are under observation in isolation wards at various hospitals.

Cases were filed by police against the authorities of a temple, a mosque and a church for conducting prayers and allowing a crowd to gather on their respective premises.

North Kerala’s Kasaragod district was on Saturday put under total lockdown.

Vijayan had on Friday described as “worrisome” the situation in Kasaragod district where one of the affected persons had moved around “disregarding” the health department’s directions.

All government offices will remain closed for one week and the shops will open only from 11am to 5pm in the district.