Thiruvananthapuram : The state recorded 1836 fresh Covid-19 cases today taking the total confirmed cases so far in the pandemic to 65,20,398 Total recoveries up to now figures at 64.27,908.
Hospitalisation : There currently are a total of 15,825 active covid cases, of which only 8.5%, owing to need for added care, are being treated at hospitals.
Testing : 30,504 samples were tested in the past 24 hours.
Deaths : There were 04 covid deaths confirmed during the day taking the death toll so far to 66,136.
New Cases : The districtwise breakup for the day’s 1836 new infections is: Ernakulam 350; Thiruvananthapuram 287; Kollam 163; Kozhikode 143; Thrissur 134; Idukki 97; Pathanamthitta 97; Alappuzha 90; Malappuram 83; Wayanad 83; Palakkad 74; Kannur 60; Kasaragod 13.
Contact cases: There were 1736 contact cases today of which source of infection to 71 were unknown.
Recoveries The districtwise split for today’s 2988 recoveries : Thiruvananthapuram 404; Kollam 209; Pathanamthitta 162; Alappuzha 204; Kottayam 243; Idukki 211; Ernakulam 456; Thrissur 249; Palakkad 167; Malappuram 186; Kozhikode 121; Wayanad 130; Kannur 108; Kasaragod 47.
Quarantine: A total of 77,683 people are under observation currently of whom, 1321 remain quarantined various hospitals and the remaining 76,362 are being monitored in their homes/institutions. 199 people were newly admitted into hospitals during the day.
