Thiruvananthapuram : The state recorded 25,820 fresh Covid-19 cases today taking the total confirmed cases so far in the pandemic to 22,95,120 Total recoveries up to now figures at 20,62,635 . A total of 2,77,598 persons remain under treatment currently.
The new infections today include 177 cases pertaining to travelers from states outside and 91 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 115, South Africa 8 and Brazil 1. Of them, 11 were infected with the variant types.
Testing : 1,87,94,256 samples have been subject to testing in the pandemic so far, - up by 1,13,205 in the past 24 hours. The test positivity rate today figured at 22.81 %.
Deaths : There were 188 covid deaths confirmed during the day taking the death toll so far to 7,358
New Cases : The districtwise breakup for the day’s 25,820 new infections is : Malappuram 4074, Ernakulam 2823, Palakkad 2700, Thiruvananthapuram 2700, Thrissur 2506, Kollam 2093, Kozhikode 1917, Alappuzha 1727, Kottayam 1322, Kannur 1265, Idukki 837, Pathanamthitta 815, Kasaragod 555, Wayanad 486.
Contact cases : There were 24,224 contact cases today of which source of infection to 1,328 were unknown. The districtwise figures totaled to : Malappuram 3943, Ernakulam 2771, Palakkad 1805, Thiruvananthapuram 2572, Thrissur 2493, Kollam 2086, Kozhikode 1881, Alappuzha 1709, Kottayam 1217, Kannur 1168, Idukki 789, Pathanamthitta 785, Kasaragod 539, Wayanad 466.
Recoveries : The districtwise split for today’s 37,316 recoveries : Thiruvananthapuram 4869, Kollam 2705, Pathanamthitta 1483, Alappuzha 386, Kottayam 1467, Idukki 1101, Ernakulam 4016, Thrissur 4874, Palakkad 3168, Malappuram 5502, Kozhikode 4398, Wayanad 449, Kannur 1951, Kasaragod 947.
Quarantine : A total of 9,56,865 people are under observation currently of whom, 39,067 remain quarantined various hospitals and the remaining 9,17,798 are being monitored in their homes/institutions. 3,606 people were newly admitted into hospitals during today for observation purposes.
Hotspots : There were no new hotspots declared today, while 1 area was taken off the list. Total hotspots currently in the state : 877.
