Thiruvananthapuram : The state recorded 1421 fresh Covid-19 cases today taking the total confirmed cases so far in the pandemic to 65,26,241 Total recoveries up to now figures at 64.37,366.
Hospitalisation : There currently are a total of 11,879 active covid cases, of which only 9%, owing to need for added care, are being treated at hospitals.
Testing : 29,725 samples were tested in the past 24 hours.
Deaths : There were 04 covid deaths confirmed during the day, plus 13 by appeal count, taking the death toll so far to 66,462.
New Cases : The districtwise breakup for the day’s 1421 new infections is: Ernakulam 304; Kottayam 161; Thiruvananthapuram 149; Kollam 128; Thrissur 104; Kozhikode 103; Pathanamthitta 82; Malappuram 63; Wayanad 61; Palakkad 48; Alappuzha 47; Kannur 47; Kasaragod 12.
Contact cases: There were 1276 contact cases today of which source of infection to 67 were unknown.
Recoveries The districtwise split for today’s 2130 recoveries : Thiruvananthapuram 246; Kollam 157; Pathanamthitta 101; Alappuzha 126; Kottayam 196; Idukki 187; Ernakulam 390; Thrissur 183; Palakkad 30; Malappuram 104; Kozhikode 170; Wayanad 115; Kannur 88; Kasaragod 37.
Quarantine: A total of 43,384 people are under observation currently of whom, 1095 remain quarantined various hospitals and the remaining 42,289 are being monitored in their homes/institutions. 138 people were newly admitted into hospitals during the day.
