981 new COVID cases in capital Updated: Updated: 497 recover from the disease, active cases at 6,585 Share Article 497 recover from the disease, active cases at 6,585 The district’s daily COVID-19 caseload continued to hover close to the 1,000-mark as 981 more cases were reported on Monday. The number of active cases consequently mounted to 6,585, even as 497 people recovered from the illness. The death toll also continued to rise alarmingly with five more deaths that had occurred during the last three days being attributed to COVID-19. The deceased include three males, who were aged 77, 73 and 60, and two females, who were aged 76 and 48. At 926, Thiruvananthapuram led in terms of COVID-19 deaths by a distance. The district also had a case fatality ratio (CFR) of 0.79. While Kozhikode has the second-highest number of deaths (557), Kannur came second in terms of CFR (0.53).