Thiruvananthapuram : For the first time since Covid outbreak, the day passed with no virus deaths recorded anywhere in the state.
Other Data : There were just 809 fresh Covid-19 cases diagnosed today taking the total confirmed cases so far in the pandemic to 65,30,739. There were 1597 recoveries during the day climbing the total tally for recoveries up to 64.46,221.
Hospitalisation : There currently are a total of 7980 active covid cases, of which only 10.4%, owing to need for added care, are being treated at hospitals.
Testing : 18,467 samples were tested in the past 24 hours.
Deaths : There were no covid deaths confirmed during the day, however count reported in line with Supreme Court ruling were 7, taking the death toll so far to 66,866.
New Cases : The districtwise breakup for the day’s 809 new infections is: Ernakulam 141; Thiruvananthapuram 111; Kollam 84; Kottayam 83; Idukki 69; Kohikode 56; Thrissur 55; Pathanamthitta 43; Kannur 37; Palakkad 33; Alappuzha 32; Malappuram 29; Wayanad 28; Kasaragod 8.
Contact cases: There were 769 contact cases today of which source of infection to 32 were unknown.
Recoveries The districtwise split for today’s 1597 recoveries : Thiruvananthapuram 257; Kollam 95; Pathanamthitta 68; Alappuzha 42; Kottayam 209; Idukki 207; Ernakulam 313; Thrissur 141; Palakkad 94; Malappuram 44; Kozhikode 17; Wayanad 63; Kannur 82; Kasaragod 25.
Quarantine: A total of 24,808 people are under observation currently of whom, 848 remain quarantined various hospitals and the remaining 23,960 are being monitored in their homes/institutions. 101 people were newly admitted into hospitals during the day.
