Thiruvananthapuram: The state recorded 14,539 fresh Covid-19 cases today taking the total confirmed cases so far in the pandemic to 30,39,557 Total recoveries up to now figures at 29.57,201 A total of 1,15,174 persons remain under treatment currently.
The new infections today include 67 cases pertaining to travelers from states outside and 62 health workers.
Testing : 1,39,049 samples were tested in the past 24 hours raising the total tested samples in the pandemic so far to 2,46,48,919 The test positivity rate for the day is 10.46%
Deaths : There were 124 covid deaths confirmed during the day taking the death toll so far to 14,810.
New Cases : The districtwise breakup for the day’s 14.539 new infections is : Malappuram 2115; Ernakulam 1624; Kollam 1404; Thrissur 1364; Kozhikode 1359; Palakkad 1191; Thiruvananthapuram 977; Kannur 926; Alappuzha 871; Kannur 926; Alappuzha 871; Kottayam 826; Kasaragod 657; Pathanamthitta 550; Wayanad 436; Idukki 239.
Contact cases: There were 13,582 contact cases today of which source of infection to 828 were unknown. The districtwise figures totaled to : Malappuram 2070; Ernakulam 159; Kollam 1394; Thrissur 1355; Kozhikode 1329; Palakkad 679; Thiruvananthapuram 898; Kannur 818; Alappuzha 850; Kottayam 774; Kasaragod 641; Pathanamthitta 533; Wayanad 423; Idukki 227.
Recoveries The districtwise split for today’s 10,331 recoveries : Thiruvananthapuram 754; Kollam 830; Pathanamthitta 382; Alappuzha 668; Kottayam 382; Idukki 668; Ernakulam 473; Thrissur 276; Palakkad 634; Malappuram 1326; Kozhikode 1056; Wayanad 1566; Kannur 1176; Kasaragod 239.
Quarantine: A total of 3,82,260 people are under observation currently of whom, 24.509 remain quarantined various hospitals and the remaining 3,57.751 are being monitored in their homes/institutions. 1785 people were newly admitted into hospitals during the day.
TPR Mapping: Regions With TPR Up To 5% -> 86; With TPR Between 10 - 15% -> 370; With TPR; Regions with TPR above 15% -> 196