Thiruvananthapuram : The state recorded 4470 fresh Covid-19 cases today taking the total for confirmed cases so far in the pandemic to 6,54,041. There were 3858 contact infections reported during the day, of which the virus source to 498 cases remains untraced. On other data for the day, there were 26 covid deaths and 4847 recoveries. With this, state death-toll in the pandemic rose to 2533 and recoveries to 5,91,845 A total of 59,517 persons remain under treatment currently.
New cases; The new infections today include 77 cases pertaining to travelers from states outside and 37 health workers.The districtwise breakup for the day’s 4470 new infections is : Malappuram 700; Kozhikode 578; Ernakulam 555; Thrissur 393; Kottayam 346; Kollam 305; Alappuzha 289; Thiruvananthapuram 282; Palakkad 212; Idukki 200; Pathanamthitta 200; Kannur 186; Wayanad 114; Kasaragod 110.
Contact cases: The split for the day’s 3858 contact cases across districts figures at : Malappuram 647; Kozhikode 549; Kozhikode 447; Thrissur 378; Kottayam 321; Kollam 298; Alappuzha 279; Thiruvananthapuram 183; Palakkad 88; Idukki 174; Pathanamthitta 131; Kannur 151; Wayanad 108; Kasaragod 104.
Recoveries:The districtwise tally for the day’s 4847 recoveries is : Thiruvananthapuram 302; Kollam 280; Pathanamthitta 183; Alappuzha 208; Kottayam 312; Idukki 121; Ernakulam 649; Thrissur 638; Palakkad 263; Malappuram 680; Kozhikode 650; Wayanad 115; Kannur 292; Kasaragod 154.
Deaths: The identities pertaining to 26 deceased whose deaths were today confirmed as from the virus are : Thiruvananthapuram Vattapara native Rahunathan Pillai(75); Chala native Rajulla Bivi(59); Punmugal native Sasidharan Nair(71); Uthradambalam native Sindhyakumari(56); Kollam Karikode native Babu(59); Kottayam Njallukkam native Sheela(59); Ernakulam Vengoor native Baskaran(65); Chellanam naitve KJ Antony(70); Chenganode native Kunjumihammad(74); Thrissur Chalakuddy native Shivarajan(56); Manoor native Philip(63); Cherupp native Sukumaran(80); Pattambi native Abubekkar (62); Pallipuram native KV Hariharan(82); Levakode native Haridasan(67); Malappuram Vallupambram native Achumma(90); Manjeri native Muhammad(53); Thalakode native Muhammad Mustafa(51); Kozhikode Chenoli native radha(69); Kuttipara native Abubekkar(80); Kutolli native Prasad(40); Kannur Cheruparambu ative Krishnan(75); Thilankeri native Baby Suresh(76).
Testing: 68,08,399 samples have been subject to testing in the pandemic so far, - up by 52,769 in the past 24 hours.
Quarantine: A total of 3,16,491 people are under observation currently of whom, 13,924 remain quarantined various hospitals and the remaining 3,02,567 are being monitored in their homes/institutions. 59,517 people were newly admitted into hospitals during today for observation purposes. Presently 59,517 people remain under treatment in various hospitals across the state.
Hotspots: There were 2 new hotspots declared today, while 1 areas were taken off the list. Total hotspots currently in the state : 441.
