Thiruvananthapuram : The state recorded 719 fresh Covid-19 cases today taking the total confirmed cases so far in the pandemic to 65,34,577 . There were 915 recoveries during the day climbing the total tally for recoveries up to 64.52,264
Testing : 20,250 samples were tested in the past 24 hours.
Deaths : There were 07 covid deaths confirmed during the day, plus 106 by the way of appeal count, taking the death toll so far to 67,315.
New Cases : The districtwise breakup for the day’s 719 new infections is: Ernakulam 152; Thiruvananthapuram 135; Kottayam 76; Kozhikode 62; Kollam 57; Pathanamthitta 46; Idukki 38; Thrissur 34; Alappuzha 28, Kannur 28; Malappuram 22; Palakkad 20; Wayanad 15; Kasaragod 06.
Contact cases: There were 660 contact cases today of which source of infection to 51 were unknown.
Recoveries The districtwise split for today’s 915 recoveries : Thiruvananthapuram 138; Kollam 21; Pathanamthitta 77; Alappuzha 41; Kottayam 15; Idukki 87; Ernakulam 137; Thrissur 83; Palakkad 20; Malappuram 29; Kozhikode 140; Wayanad 45; Kannur 69; Kasaragod 13.
Quarantine: A total of 19,627 people are under observation currently of whom, 698 remain quarantined various hospitals and the remaining 18,929 are being monitored in their homes/institutions. 98 people were newly admitted into hospitals during the day.
