Thiruvananthapuram : The state recorded 1408 fresh Covid-19 cases today taking the total confirmed cases so far in the pandemic to 65,21,806 Total recoveries up to now figures at 64.30,941.
Hospitalisation : There currently are a total of 14,153 active covid cases, of which only 9.3%, owing to need for added care, are being treated at hospitals.
Testing : 23,325 samples were tested in the past 24 hours.
Deaths : There were 02 covid deaths confirmed during the day, plus 15 by appeal count, taking the death toll so far to 66,
New Cases : The districtwise breakup for the day’s 1408 new infections is: Ernakulam 204; Kottayam 188; Thiruvananthapuram 174; Kollam 120; Thrissur 119; Pathanamthitta 99; Kozhikode 96; Idukki 85; Alappuzha 72; Malappuram 69; Wayanad 61; Kannur 52; Palakkad 47; Kasaragod 22.
Contact cases: There were 1336 contact cases today of which source of infection to 62 were unknown.
Recoveries The districtwise split for today’s 3033 recoveries : Thiruvananthapuram 357; Kollam 715; Pathanamthitta 194; Alappuzha 163; Kottayam 186; Idukki 164; Ernakulam 406; Thrissur 212; Palakkad 32; Malappuram 111; Kozhikode 201; Wayanad 107; Kannur 118; Kasaragod 67.
Quarantine: A total of 75,365 people are under observation currently of whom, 1295 remain quarantined various hospitals and the remaining 74,070 are being monitored in their homes/institutions. 189 people were newly admitted into hospitals during the day.
