Thiruvananthapuram : The state recorded 438 fresh Covid-19 cases today taking the total confirmed cases so far in the pandemic to 65,32,180 . There were 562 recoveries during the day climbing the total tally for recoveries up to 64.60,147.
Hospitalisation : There currently are a total of 3410 active covid cases, of which only 11%, owing to need for added care, are being treated at hospitals.
Testing : 17,655 samples were tested in the past 24 hours.
Deaths : There were 03 covid deaths confirmed during the day, and 17 fatalities were reported by SC ruling appeal count, taking the death toll so far to 67,865.
New Cases : The districtwise breakup for the day’s 438 new infections is: Ernakulam 100; Thiruvananthapuram 62; Kottayam 58; Thrissur 44; Kozhikode 35; Pathanamthitta 30; Kollam 27; Idukki 23; Malappuram 17; Alappuzha 15; Kannur 12; Kasaragod 06; Wayanad 06; Palakkad 03.
Contact cases: There were 389_ contact cases today of which source of infection to 42 were unknown.
Recoveries The districtwise split for today’s 562 recoveries : Thiruvananthapuram 67; Kollam 10; Pathanamthitta 20; Alappuzha 09; Kottayam 82; Idukki 37; Ernakulam 151; Thrissur 46; Palakkad 03; Malappuram 16; Kozhikode 67; Wayanad 23; Kannur 22; Kasaragod 10.
Quarantine: A total of 13,191 people are under observation currently of whom, 271 remain quarantined various hospitals and the remaining 12,920 are being monitored in their homes/institutions. 52 people were newly admitted into hospitals during the day.
