Thiruvananthapuram : The state recorded 702 fresh Covid-19 cases today taking the total confirmed cases so far in the pandemic to 64,67,598 . There were 903 recoveries during the day climbing the total tally for recoveries up to 64.55,655.
Hospitalisation : There currently are a total of 5091 active covid cases, of which only 10%, owing to need for added care, are being treated at hospitals.
Testing : 23,238 samples were tested in the past 24 hours.
Deaths : There were 02 covid deaths confirmed during the day, plus 53 fatalities were reported by SC ruling appeal count, taking the death toll so far to 67,476.
New Cases : The districtwise breakup for the day’s 702 new infections is: Ernakulam 155; Thiruvananthapuram 81; Kottayam 71; Kozhikode 67; Pathanamthitta 61; Kollam 48; Thrissur 47; Idukki 41; Kannur 35; Malappuram 34; Alappuzha 23; Palakkad 19; Wayanad 13; Kasaragod.
Contact cases: There were 689 contact cases today of which source of infection to 28 were unknown.
Recoveries The districtwise split for today’s 903 recoveries : Thiruvananthapuram 127; Kollam 25; Pathanamthitta 25; Alappuzha 05; Kottayam 168; Idukki 69; Ernakulam 198; Thrissur 121; Palakkad 05; Malappuram 21; Kozhikode 67; Wayanad 40; Kannur 32; Kasaragod 0.
Quarantine: A total of 17,541 people are under observation currently of whom, 500 remain quarantined various hospitals and the remaining 16,541 are being monitored in their homes/institutions. 80 people were newly admitted into hospitals during the day.
