Thiruvananthapuram : The state recorded 5032 fresh Covid-19 cases today taking the total for confirmed cases so far in the pandemic to 6,44,696. There were 4380 contact infections reported during the day, of which the virus source to 517 cases remains untraced. On other data for the day, there were 31 covid deaths and 4735 recoveries. With this, state death-toll in the pandemic rose to 2472 and recoveries to 5,82,351. A total of 59,732 persons remain under treatment currently.
The new infections today include 98 cases pertaining to travelers from states outside and 37 health workers.
New cases: The districtwise breakup for the day’s 5032 new infections is : Kottayam 695; Malappuram 694; Thrissur 625; Ernakulam 528; Kozhikode 451; Palakkad 328; Kollam 317; Wayanad 284; Thiruvananthapuram 272; Alappuzha 241; Pathanamthitta 238; Kannur 207; Kasaragod 79; Idukki 73.
Contact cases: The split for the day’s 4380 contact cases across districts figures at : Kottayam 694; Malappuram 653; Thrissur 592; Ernakulam 415; Kozhikode 412; Palakkad 160; Kollam 315; Wayanad 269; Thiruvananthapuram 169; Alappuzha 226; Pathanamthitta 171; Kannur 178; Kasaragod 77; Idukki 49.
Recoveries: The districtwise tally for the day’s 4735 recoveries is : Thiruvananthapuram 350; Kollam 269; Pathanamthitta 159; Alappuzha 361; Kottayam 460; Idukki 72; Ernakulam 403; Thrissur 700; Palakkad 383; Malappuram 719; Kozhikode 421; Wayanad 125; Kannur 158; Kasaragod 155.
Deaths: The identities pertaining to 31 deceased whose deaths were today confirmed as from the virus are : Thiruvananthapuram Pangode native Hasheem(51); Karkonam native haneel Singh(53); Marayamuttam native Gopinathan Nair(70); Venjaramoodu native Naseema Biwi(47); Kollam Karunagapally native Bargopan(70); Alappuzha Cherthala native Raveendran(74); Panivali native Ajitha(46); Kottayam native Mulavattom native Ashokan(60); Kanjirapally native Chandrika(63); Vaikam native Sundaresan (56); Mannarcode native Sabu(55); Ernakulam Kuttumppadi native Vimala Mary(79); Puthuvila native NK Kunjappan(44); Ernakulam native PP Vinod(49); Thalacode native Fareed Aliyar(80); Kuzhovanoor native Sophie Oomen(51); Thrissur Anthacode native Ali(84); Vadacode native Ashraf(52); Kaiparambu native Kalyani(70) Kiloor native Meenakshy(70); Edsserry native VAliyamma*87); Kottayi native Velayudhan(64); Kozhikode Aroor native Kumaran(63); Mankav native mUhammad Basheer(67); Wayanad Kadalmad naïve KA Nanuel(68); Kasaragode Nilaeswaram native Janaki(85).
Testing: 67,02,885 samples have been subject to testing in the pandemic so far, - up by 60,521 in the past 24 hours.
Qurartine : A total of 3,10,345 people are under observation currently of whom, 14,141 remain quarantined various hospitals and the remaining 2,96,204 are being monitored in their homes/institutions. 1273 people were newly admitted into hospitals during today for observation purposes. Presently 59,732 people remain under treatment in various hospitals across the state.
Hotspots Today: There were 1 new hotspots declared today, while 8 areas were taken off the list. Total hotspots currently in the state : 441.
