Thiruvananthapuram : The state recorded 1426 fresh Covid-19 cases today taking the total confirmed cases so far in the pandemic to 65,27,667 Total recoveries up to now figures at 64.39,421
Hospitalisation : There currently are a total of 11,022 active covid cases, of which only 9.5%, owing to need for added care, are being treated at hospitals.
Testing : 27,923 samples were tested in the past 24 hours.
Deaths : There were 02 covid deaths confirmed during the day, plus 22 by appeal count, taking the death toll so far to 66,689.
New Cases : The districtwise breakup for the day’s 1426 new infections is: Ernakulam 260; Kottayam 187; Thiruvananthapuram 179; Kollam 128; Pathanamthitta 115; Idukki 96; Kozhikode 93; Thrissur 88; Alappuzha 65; Kannur 57; Palakkad 51; Wayanad 50; Malappuram 45; Kasaragod 12.
Contact cases: There were 1342 contact cases today of which source of infection to 64 were unknown.
Recoveries The districtwise split for today’s 2055 recoveries : Thiruvananthapuram 205; Kollam 171; Pathanamthitta 170; Alappuzha 98; Kottayam 234; Idukki 152; Ernakulam 387; Thrissur 153; Palakkad 30; Malappuram 87; Kozhikode 174; Wayanad 101; Kannur 83; Kasaragod 10.
Quarantine: A total of 31,380 people are under observation currently of whom, 1049 remain quarantined various hospitals and the remaining 30,331 are being monitored in their homes/institutions. 120 people were newly admitted into hospitals during the day.
