Thiruvananthapuram : The state recorded 37,190 fresh Covid-19 cases today taking the total confirmed cases so far in the pandemic to 16,75,968 Total recoveries up to now figures at 13,39,257 . A total of 3,56,872 persons remain under treatment currently.
The new infections today include 201 cases pertaining to travelers from states outside and 118 health workers.
6 traveler from UK tested positive with covid-19 in the past 24 hours. Total covid caseload pertaining to incomers from UK figures at 114, of which 11 are the mutated variant type, 8 travelers from South Africa and 1 from Brazil have tested positive for coronavirus so far
Testing : 1,62,97,517 samples have been subject to testing in the pandemic so far, - up by 1,42,588 in the past 24 hours. The test positivity rate today figured at 26.08 %.
Deaths : There were 57 covid deaths confirmed during the day taking the death toll so far to 5,507
New Cases : The districtwise breakup for the day’s 37,190 new infections is : Ernakulam 5030, Kozhikode 4788, Malappuram 4323, Thrissur 3567, Thiruvananthapuram 3388, Palakkad 3111, Alappuzha 2719, Kollam 2429, Kottayam 2170, Kannur 1985, Pathanamthitta 1093, Wayanad 959, Idukki 955, Kasaragod 673
Contact cases: There were 37,143 contact cases today of which source of infection to 2,728 were unknown. The districtwise figures totaled to : Ernakulam 4988, Kozhikode 4644, Malappuram 4161, Thrissur 3522, Thiruvananthapuram 2956, Palakkad 1334, Alappuzha 2712, Kollam 2415, Kottayam 2036, Kannur 1808, Pathanamthitta 1040, Wayanad 937, Idukki 941, Kasaragod 649
Recoveries : The districtwise split for today’s 26,148 recoveries : Thiruvananthapuram 1989, Kollam 1557, Pathanamthitta 751, Alappuzha 2261, Kottayam 3890, Idukki 913, Ernakulam 4235, Thrissur 1686, Palakkad 951, Malappuram 2125, Kozhikode 3934, Wayanad 250, Kannur 1490, Kasaragod 116
Quarantine : A total of 7,59,744 people are under observation currently of whom, 28,115 remain quarantined various hospitals and the remaining 7,31,629 are being monitored in their homes/institutions. 3,253 people were newly admitted into hospitals during today for observation purposes.
Hotspots : There were 15 new hotspots declared today, while 1 area was taken off the list. Total hotspots currently in the state : 699.
