Thiruvananthapuram : The state recorded 429 fresh Covid-19 cases today taking the total confirmed cases so far in the pandemic to 65,32,609 . There were 620 recoveries during the day climbing the total tally for recoveries up to 64.60,767.
Hospitalisation : There currently are a total of 3171 active covid cases, of which only 11.4%, owing to need for added care, are being treated at hospitals.
Testing : 19,648 samples were tested in the past 24 hours.
Deaths : There were 01 covid deaths confirmed during the day, and 67 fatalities were reported by SC ruling appeal count, taking the death toll so far to 67,913
New Cases : The districtwise breakup for the day’s 429 new infections is: Ernakulam 89; Thiruvananthapuram 66; Kottayam 50; Kollam 40; Kozhikode 39; Thrissur 34; Pathanamthitta 23; Idukki 21; Kannur 21; Malappuram 16; Alappuzha 11; Wayanad 09; Palakkad 08; Kasaragod 02.
Contact cases: There were 372 contact cases today of which source of infection to 46 were unknown.
Recoveries The districtwise split for today’s 620 recoveries : Thiruvananthapuram 63; Kollam 11; Pathanamthitta 64; Alappuzha 22; Kottayam 74; Idukki 61; Ernakulam 159; Thrissur 53; Palakkad 03; Malappuram 14; Kozhikode 61; Wayanad 14; Kannur 17; Kasaragod 04.
Quarantine: A total of 12,725 people are under observation currently of whom, 12,498 remain quarantined various hospitals and the remaining 227 are being monitored in their homes/institutions. 50 people were newly admitted into hospitals during the day.
