Thiruvananthapuram : : The state recorded 5397 fresh Covid-19 cases today taking the total for confirmed cases so far in the pandemic to 7,20,450. There were 4690 contact infections reported during the day, of which the virus source to 57 cases remains untraced. On other data for the day, there were 16 covid deaths and 4506 recoveries. With this, state death-toll in the pandemic rose to 2930 and recoveries to 6,64,951 A total of 64,028_ persons remain under treatment currently.
The new infections today include 85 cases pertaining to travelers from states outside and 46 health workers.
New cases: The districtwise breakup for the day’s 5397 new infections is : Kottayam 599; Kozhikode 588; Thiruvananthapuram
Contact cases: The split for the day’s 4690 contact cases across districts figure at : Kottayam 571; Kozhikode 547; Ernakulam 416; Pathanamthitta 447; Kollam 490; Malappuram 438; Thrissur 363; Alappuzha 339; Palakkad 163; Thiruvananthapuram 204; Kannur 209; Wayanad 250; Idukki 200; Kasaragod 53.
Recoveries: The districtwise tally for the day’s 4506 recoveries is : Thiruvananthapuram 408 ; Kollam 218; Pathanamthitta 240; Alappuzha 224; Kottayam 485; Idukki 54; Ernakulam 601; Thrissur 594; Palakkad 200; Malappuram 508; Kozhikode 477; Wayanad 196; Kannur 252; Kasaragod 49.
Testing: 76,13,415 samples have been subject to testing in the pandemic so far.
Quarantine : A total of 2,64,984 people are under observation currently of whom, 13,685 remain quarantined various hospitals and the remaining 2,51,299 are being monitored in their homes/institutions. 1367 people were newly admitted into hospitals during today for observation purposes. Presently 64,028 people remain under treatment in various hospitals across the state.
Hotspots: There were 4 new hotspots declared today, while 1 area was taken off the list. Total hotspots currently in the state : 463.
