KOCHI: Two more fresh cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Kochi as the number of coronavirus infected people in the state becomes 14. The newly infected people have been identified as the parents of the three year-old-boy who had tested positive on Monday. The couple was being kept under observation in Kochi.

Health Minister KK Shailaja stated that the conditions of the two are satisfactory. The family had returned from Italy on March 7th. Upon reaching Cochin airport, the family was immediately moved to an isolation ward as the child was found suffering from fever.

Apart from the family in Kochi, the other affected include three people in Pathanamthitta who had come from Italy and eight who came in contact with them. Earlier, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had announced that all public functions have been called off due to the existing situation. While announcing that classes for grade one to 7 would not be held in all state, CBSE and ICSE schools, the CM also directed to close down film theatres and to postpone PSC exams