Thiruvananthapuram : The state recorded 1791 fresh Covid-19 cases today taking the total confirmed cases so far in the pandemic to 65,24,820 Total recoveries up to now figures at 64.35,236.
Hospitalisation : There currently are a total of 12,677 active covid cases, of which only 9%, owing to need for added care, are being treated at hospitals.
Testing : 32,135 samples were tested in the past 24 hours.
Deaths : There were 04 covid deaths confirmed during the day, plus 7 by appeal count, taking the death toll so far to 66,374.
New Cases : The districtwise breakup for the day’s 1791 new infections is: Ernakulam 318; Thiruvananthapuram 205; Kottayam 190; Thrissur 150; Idukki 145; Kollam 139; Pathanamthitta 136; Kozhikode 127; Wayanad 79; Alappuzha 72; Palakkad 70; Malappuram 67; Kannur 58; Kasaragod 35.
Contact cases: There were 1692 contact cases today of which source of infection to 74 were unknown.
Recoveries The districtwise split for today’s 1871 recoveries : Thiruvananthapuram 211; Kollam 220; Pathanamthitta 120; Alappuzha 126; Kottayam 100; Idukki 111; Ernakulam 377; Thrissur 102; Palakkad 30; Malappuram 76; Kozhikode 197; Wayanad 56; Kannur 56; Kasaragod 113.
Quarantine: A total of 64,077 people are under observation currently of whom, 1165 remain quarantined various hospitals and the remaining 62,912 are being monitored in their homes/institutions. 178 people were newly admitted into hospitals during the day.
