Thiruvananthapuram : The state recorded 6185 fresh Covid-19 cases today taking the total for confirmed cases so far in the pandemic to 6,77,991. There were 5295 contact infections reported during the day, of which the virus source to 77 cases remains untraced. On other data for the day, there were 27 covid deaths and 5728 recoveries. With this, state death-toll in the pandemic rose to 2707 and recoveries to 6,22,394. A total of 58,184 persons remain under treatment currently.
The new infections today include 66 cases pertaining to travelers from states outside and 54 health workers.
New cases: The districtwise breakup for the day’s 6185 new infections is : Ernakulam 959; Kozhikode 642; Thrissur 585; Kottayam 568; Kollam 507; Pathanamthitta 443; Alappuzha 441; Malappuram 437; Palakkad 401; Wayanad 361; Thiruvananthapuram 345; Kannur 250; Idukki 186; Kasaragod 60.
Contact cases: The split for the day’s 5295 contact cases across districts figures at : Ernakulam 687; Kozhikode 622; Thrissur 566; Kottayam 537; Kollam 502; Pathanamthitta 341; Alappuzha 428; Malappuram 407; Palakkad 205; Wayanad 351; Thiruvananthapuram 223; Kannur 196; Idukki 175; Kasaragod 55.
Recoveries: The districtwise tally for the day’s 5728 recoveries is : Thiruvananthapuram 320; Kollam 375; Pathanamthitta 226; Alappuzha 366; Kottayam 409; Idukki 316; Ernakulam 720; Thrissur 550; Palakkad 331; Malappuram 943; Kozhikode 788; Wayanad 155; Kannur 100; Kasaragod 129.
Deaths: The identities pertaining to 27 deceased whose deaths were today confirmed as from the virus are : Thiruvananthapuram Thirumala naitve Sasidharan Thambi(79); Barathanoor native Vinod Kumar(61); Nedumangad native Shaji(55); Dhanuvachapuram native Thankappan(76); Kollam Karunagapally native Ammini Chacko(79); Pathanamthitta Enath native Rajan(63); Pathanamthitta native Sarasamma(69); Makapuzha native Prabhakaran(60); Alappuzha Pallikuthayi native James(86); Mavilikkara native Anandavali(66); Muthukulam native Gopi(72); Chenganoor native Balachandran(67); Ernakulam Fort Kochi native CJ Sebastin(75); Thrissur Mathilakam native Basheer(64); Potttara native Seena(45); Palakkad Gram Rod native CV Sasikala(75); Malappuram Anamangad native Ayisha(73); Vataloor native Fathima(83); Malappuram native Alavi(86); Ettakkara native Eliyamma(90); Poruoor native Sivashankaran(73); Panipara native Ayishakutty(76); Kottilangadi native Abdurafan(80); Kozhikode Narippatta native Kannur(80); Vilapally native Muhammad Shaseel(15);Wayanad Muttil native Raghavan(68); Kasaragod Dalampadi native Narayanan(80).
Testing: 71,18,200 samples have been subject to testing in the pandemic so far, - up by 61,882 in the past 24 hours.
Quarantine: A total of 2,99,057 people are under observation currently of whom, 13,138 remain quarantined various hospitals and the remaining 2,85,919 are being monitored in their homes/institutions. 1678 people were newly admitted into hospitals during today for observation purposes. Presently 58,184 people remain under treatment in various hospitals across the state.
Hotspots: There were 10 new hotspots declared today, while 2 areas were taken off the list. Total hotspots currently in the state : 450.
