THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala government has released the revised list of hotspots in Kerala via a government order. Certain local body institutions included in the list earlier were excluded and some others were added.

New hotspots were identified based on the stats of Covid patients. The new hotspots are Panoor, Muzhappilangadu, Chapparapadavu, Mokeri of Kannur district; Kuzhalmannam, Vilavoor, Puthussery, Puthupariyaram of Palakkad district and Kulathupuzha of Kollam district.

Places removed from the hotspot list are Chokli, Kadirur of Kannur district, Badiyadka of Kasargod, Nadapuram of Kozhikode and Varkala, Malayinkeezhu of Thiruvananthapuram.