Thiruvananthapuram : The state recorded 702 fresh Covid-19 cases today taking the total confirmed cases so far in the pandemic to 64,66,896 . There were _ recoveries during the day climbing the total tally for recoveries up to 64.54,754.
Hospitalisation : There currently are a total of 5353 active covid cases, of which only 10.4%, owing to need for added care, are being treated at hospitals.
Testing : 24,313 samples were tested in the past 24 hours.
Deaths : There were 04 covid deaths confirmed during the day, plus 39 fatalities were reported by SC ruling appeal count, taking the death toll so far to 67,
New Cases : The districtwise breakup for the day’s 702 new infections is: Ernakulam 146; Thiruvananthapuram 87; Kottayam 76; Idukki 64; Kozhikode 62; Kollam 58; Pathanamthitta 50; Thrissur 38; Malappuram 27; Kannur 26; Alappuzha 24; Wayanad 23; Palakkad 15; Kasaragod 6.
Contact cases: There were 663 contact cases today of which source of infection to 31 were unknown.
Recoveries The districtwise split for today’s 730 recoveries : Thiruvananthapuram 138; Kollam 38; Pathanamthitta 47; Alappuzha 06; Kottayam 75; Idukki 67; Ernakulam 103; Thrissur 39; Palakkad 20; Malappuram 21; Kozhikode 99; Wayanad 31; Kannur 44; Kasaragod 02.
Quarantine: A total of 17,541 people are under observation currently of whom, 597 remain quarantined various hospitals and the remaining 16,944 are being monitored in their homes/institutions. 80 people were newly admitted into hospitals during the day.
