Thiruvananthapuram : The state recorded 37,199 fresh Covid-19 cases today taking the total confirmed cases so far in the pandemic to 15,34,574 Total recoveries up to now figures at 12,61,801, . A total of 3,03,733 persons remain under treatment currently.
The new infections today include 330 cases pertaining to travelers from states outside and 113 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 : 1,57,99,524 samples have been subject to testing in the pandemic so far, - up by 1,49,487 in the past 24 hours. The test positivity rate today figured at 24.88 %.
Deaths : There were 49 covid deaths confirmed during the day taking the death toll so far to 5,308
New Cases : The districtwise breakup for the day’s 37,199 new infections is : Kozhikode 4915, Ernakulam 4642, Thrissur 4281, Malappuram 3945, Thiruvananthapuram 3535, Kottayam 2917, Kannur 2482, Palakkad 2273, Alappuzha 2224, Kollam 1969, Idukki 1235, Pathanamthitta 1225, Kasaragod 813, Wayanad 743.
Contact cases: There were 34,587 contact cases today of which source of infection to 2,169 were unknown. The districtwise figures totaled to : Kozhikode 4715, Ernakulam 4544, Thrissur 4233, Malappuram 3761, Thiruvananthapuram 3359, Kottayam 2664, Kannur 2304, Palakkad 999, Alappuzha 2208, Kollam 1956, Idukki 1207, Pathanamthitta 1150, Kasaragod 771, Wayanad 716.
Recoveries : The districtwise split for today’s 17,500 recoveries : Thiruvananthapuram 1602, Kollam 2124, Pathanamthitta 459, Alappuzha 933, Kottayam 1804, Idukki 533, Ernakulam 2689, Thrissur 1283, Palakkad 886, Malappuram 1099, Kozhikode 2013, Wayanad 249, Kannur 1113, Kasaragod 713
Quarantine : A total of 6,43,529 people are under observation currently of whom, 23,826 remain quarantined various hospitals and the remaining 6,19,703 are being monitored in their homes/institutions. 5,206 people were newly admitted into hospitals during today for observation purposes.
Hotspots : There were 8 new hotspots declared today, while 1 area was taken off the list. Total hotspots currently in the state : 624.
