Thiruvananthapuram : The state recorded 32,819 fresh Covid-19 cases today taking the total confirmed cases so far in the pandemic to 14,23,775 Total recoveries up to now figures at 12,07,680 . A total of 2,47,181 persons remain under treatment currently.
The new infections today include 265 cases pertaining to travelers from states outside and 96 health workers.
No traveler from UK, South Africa or Brazil was diagnosed with covid-19 in the past 24 hours. Total covid caseload pertaining to incomers from UK figures at 116, of which 11 are the mutated variant type, 7 travelers from South Africa and 1 from Brazil have tested positive for coronavirus so far
Testing : 1,53,54,299 samples have been subject to testing in the pandemic so far, - up by 1,41,199 in the past 24 hours. The test positivity rate today figured at 23.24 %.
Deaths : There were 32 covid deaths confirmed during the day taking the death toll so far to 5,170
New Cases : The districtwise breakup for the day’s 32,819 new infections is : Kozhikode 5015, Ernakulam 4270, Malappuram 3251, Thrissur 3097, Kottayam 2970, Thiruvananthapuram 2892, Palakkad 2071, Kannur 1996, Alappuzha 1770, Kollam 1591, Pathanamthitta 1163, Wayanad 968, Kasaragod 906, Idukki 859
Contact cases: There were 30,409 contact cases today of which source of infection to 2,049 were unknown. The districtwise figures totaled to : Kozhikode 4819, Ernakulam 4207, Malappuram 3097, Thrissur 3072, Kottayam 2761, Thiruvananthapuram 2670, Palakkad 936, Kannur 1776, Alappuzha 1759, Kollam 1578, Pathanamthitta 1086, Wayanad 944, Kasaragod 862, Idukki 842
Recoveries : The districtwise split for today’s 18,413 recoveries : Thiruvananthapuram 1012, Kollam 4499, Pathanamthitta 253, Alappuzha 136, Kottayam 4729, Idukki 272, Ernakulam 2000, Thrissur 1302, Palakkad 481, Malappuram 704, Kozhikode 1567, Wayanad 233, Kannur 623, Kasaragod 602
Quarantine: A total of 5,27,662 people are under observation currently of whom, 21,640 remain quarantined various hospitals and the remaining 5,06,202 are being monitored in their homes/institutions. 3,645 people were newly admitted into hospitals during today for observation purposes.
Hotspots : There were 40 new hotspots declared today, while 3 areas were taken off the list. Total hotspots currently in the state : 587.
