Sunday emerged as a day of big relief for Kerala as 36 patients who were under treatment after being tested positive for Covid-19, recovered. Twenty-six of them were from Kasargod, two from Kannur, six from Malappuram, and one each from Kozhikode and Idukki districts whose test results came negative on sunday.Kerala Minister of Health and Social Justice KK Shailaja Teacher disclosed this to the media, and said the number of new cases had dropped to two on Sunday with one each from Kannur and Pattanamthitta districts. Both are UAE returnees, one from Dubai and the other from Sharjah.So far, 179 patients have recovered from the infection in Kerala and 194 patients are still undergoing treatment in various hospitals across the State.Continuing the trend in the past few days, the number of people under observation in the State has further come down. Across Kerala, 1,16,941 persons were under observation today, with 1,16,125 at their homes and 816 in hospitals. 176 persons were admitted to hospitals today. Till date, 14,989 samples from people with symptoms have been sent for testing and the results of 13,802 samples are negative.