Thiruvananthapuram : The state recorded 23,73 fresh Covid-19 cases today taking the total confirmed cases so far in the pandemic to 65,14,150 Total recoveries up to now figures at 64.16,369.
Hospitalisation : There currently are a total of 21,664 active covid cases, of which only 8.2%, owing to need for added care, are being treated at hospitals.
Testing : 36,747 samples were tested in the past 24 hours.
Deaths : There were 7 covid deaths confirmed during the day taking the death toll so far to 65,597.
New Cases : The districtwise breakup for the day’s 2373 new infections is: Thiruvananthapuram 407; Ernakulam 405; Kottayam 248; Kollam 194; Kozhikode 172; Idukki 161; Thrissur 11; Alappuzha 131; Pathanamthitta 121; Malappuram 101; Wayanad 90; Kannur 89; Palakkad 75; Kasaragod 38.
Contact cases: There were 2237 contact cases today of which source of infection to 102 were unknown.
Recoveries The districtwise split for today’s 5525 recoveries : Thiruvananthapuram 572; Kollam 474; Pathanamthitta 196; Alappuzha 302; Kottayam 766; Idukki 195; Ernakulam 964; Thrissur 562; Palakkad 238; Malappuram 258; Kozhikode 570; Wayanad 224; Kannur 170; Kasaragod 34 .
Quarantine: A total of 88,270 people are under observation currently of whom, 1634 remain quarantined various hospitals and the remaining 86,636 are being monitored in their homes/institutions. 231 people were newly admitted into hospitals during the day.
