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Three patients from Kerala, who were India's only positive COVID-19 cases till now, have successfully recovered from the infection as on Friday, February 14.

The news of their recovery was confirmed by Kerala’s Finance Minister, Thomas Isaac, who in a Twitter post said: “Just as in the case of Nipah, Kerala has won the battle with coronavirus. All the three patients identified have been confirmed by central authorities to have fully recovered.”

All three patients are medical students who returned from Wuhan, China—the epicenter of the disease outbreak.

On Thursday, Kerala health officials had declared that the first two positive cases, reported from the state’s Thrissur and Alappuzha districts, had already recovered after testing negative for the COVID-19 infection. The third student from Kasargod has also recovered, but remains under observation for some time.

Kerala health officials have so far relieved about 1,062 people who were previously suspected to be infected by coronavirus. About 2,397 patients continue to be in quarantine observation; out of them, 2,375 are under home quarantine, and 22 under isolation in hospitals.

On February 3, Kerala had declared the coronavirus outbreak as a state disaster after the number of positive cases rose to three. However, the declaration was withdrawn last week, as no more confirmed cases of the virus were reported thereafter.

Meanwhile, the fast-spreading virus has infected about 64,000 people around the world as of February 14, killing close to 1,380 people in China.