Thiruvananthapuram : The state recorded 966 fresh Covid-19 cases today taking the total confirmed cases so far in the pandemic to 65,32,089 . There were 1444 recoveries during the day climbing the total tally for recoveries up to 64.
Hospitalisation : There currently are a total of 7536 active covid cases, of which only 9.6%, owing to need for added care, are being treated at hospitals.
Testing : 25,946 samples were tested in the past 24 hours.
Deaths : There were 05 covid deaths confirmed during the day, plus 07 by the way of appeal count, taking the death toll so far to 67,008.
New Cases : The districtwise breakup for the day’s 966 new infections is: Ernakulam 200; Thiruvananthapuram 130; Kollam 102; Kottayam 102; Thrissur 74; Kozhikode 71; Idukki 67; Pathanamthitta 65; Alappuzha 34; Kannur 34; Malappuram 34; Palakkad 23; Wayanad 21; Kasaragod 9.
Contact cases: There were 916 contact cases today of which source of infection to 42 were unknown.
Recoveries The districtwise split for today’s 1444 recoveries : Thiruvananthapuram 183; Kollam 96; Pathanamthitta 96; Alappuzha 72; Kottayam 212; Idukki 88; Ernakulam 345; Thrissur 82; Palakkad 22; Malappuram 34; Kozhikode 61; Wayanad 77; Kannur 85; Kasaragod 29.
Quarantine: A total of 22,834 people are under observation currently of whom, 781 remain quarantined various hospitals and the remaining 22,053 are being monitored in their homes/institutions. 108 people were newly admitted into hospitals during the day.
