Thiruvananthapuram : : The state recorded 5177 fresh Covid-19 cases today taking the total for confirmed cases so far in the pandemic to 7,15,053. There were 4542 contact infections reported during the day, of which the virus source to 475 cases remains untraced. On other data for the day, there were 22 covid deaths and 4801 recoveries. With this, state death-toll in the pandemic rose to 2914 and recoveries to 6,60,445. A total of 63,155 persons remain under treatment currently.
The new infections today include 108 cases pertaining to travelers from states outside and 78 health workers.
New cases: The districtwise breakup for the day’s 5177 new infections is : Thrissur 591; Kollam 555; Ernakulam 544; Kozhikode 518; Kottayam 498; Malappuram 482; Pathanamthitta 405; Thiruvananthapuram 334; Palakkad 313; Alappuzha 272; Kannur 263; Wayanad 165; Idukki 153; Kasaragod 84.
Contact cases: The split for the day’s 4542 contact cases across districts figure at : Thrissur 577; Kollam 544; Ernakulam 412; Kozhikode 483; Kottayam 473; Malappuram 469; Pathanamthitta 310; Thiruvananthapuram 241; Palakkad 186; Alappuzha 268; Kannur 200; Wayanad 159; Idukki 142; Kasaragod 78.
Recoveries: The districtwise tally for the day’s 4801 recoveries is : Thiruvananthapuram 310; Kollam 215; Pathanamthitta 228; Alappuzha 202; Kottayam 493; Idukki 241; Ernakulam 979; Thrissur 292; Palakkad 272; Malappuram 419; Kozhikode 599; Wayanad 179; Kannur 279; Kasaragod 93.
Testing: 75,64,562 samples have been subject to testing in the pandemic so far, - up by 56,073 in the past 24 hours.
Quarntine: A total of 2,70,725 people are under observation currently of whom, 13,712 remain quarantined various hospitals and the remaining 2,57,013 are being monitored in their homes/institutions. 1645 people were newly admitted into hospitals during today for observation purposes. Presently 63,155 people remain under treatment in various hospitals across the state.
Hotspots: There were 3 new hotspots declared today, while 4 areas were taken off the list. Total hotspots currently in the state : 459.
