Thiruvananthapuram : The state recorded 26,685 fresh Covid-19 cases today taking the total confirmed cases so far in the pandemic to 13,40,597 Total recoveries up to now figures at 11,73,202 . A total of 1,98,576 persons remain under treatment currently.
The new infections today include 259 cases pertaining to travelers from states outside and 73 health workers.
No traveler from UK, South Africa or Brazil was diagnosed with covid-19 in the past 24 hours. Total covid caseload pertaining to incomers from UK figures at 108, of which 11 are the mutated variant type, 7 travelers from South Africa and 1 from Brazil have tested positive for coronavirus so far
Testing : 1,49,89,949 samples have been subject to testing in the pandemic so far, - up by 1,31,155 in the past 24 hours. The test positivity rate today figured at 20.35 %.
Deaths : There were 25 covid deaths confirmed during the day taking the death toll so far to 5,080
New Cases : The districtwise breakup for the day’s 26,685 new infections is : Kozhikode 3767, Ernakulam 3320, Malappuram 2745, Thrissur 2584, Thiruvananthapuram 2383, Kottayam 2062, Kannur 1755, Alappuzha 1750, Palakkad 1512, Kollam 1255, Pathanamthitta 933, Kasaragod 908, Wayanad 873, Idukki 838
Contact cases: There were 24,596 contact cases today, source of infection to 1,757 were unknown. The districtwise figures totaled to : Kozhikode 3706, Ernakulam 3265, Malappuram 2634, Thrissur 2550, Thiruvananthapuram 1957, Kottayam 1835, Kannur 1548, Alappuzha 1747, Palakkad 690, Kollam 1247, Pathanamthitta 857, Kasaragod 880, Wayanad 860, Idukki 820.
Recoveries The districtwise split for today’s 7,067 recoveries : Thiruvananthapuram 794, Kollam 406, Pathanamthitta 278, Alappuzha 583, Kottayam 694, Idukki 96, Ernakulam 821, Thrissur 684, Palakkad 372, Malappuram 540, Kozhikode 858, Wayanad 127, Kannur 595, Kasaragod 219
Quarantine: A total of 4,31,587 people are under observation currently of whom, 18,415 remain quarantined various hospitals and the remaining 4,13,172 are being monitored in their homes/institutions. 3,476 people were newly admitted into hospitals during today for observation purposes.
Hotspots: There were 15 new hotspots declared today, while 1 area was taken off the list. Total hotspots currently in the state : 538.
