Thiruvananthapuram : The state recorded 42,464 fresh Covid-19 cases today taking the total confirmed cases so far in the pandemic to 17,59,785 Total recoveries up to now figures at 13,89,515 . A total of 3,90,906 persons remain under treatment currently.
The new infections today include 256 cases pertaining to travelers from states outside and 124 health workers.
N1 traveler from UK was diagnosed with covid-19 in the past 24 hours. Total covid caseload pertaining to incomers from UK figures at 115, 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 : 1,66,16,470 samples have been subject to testing in the pandemic so far, - up by 1,55,632 in the past 24 hours. The test positivity rate today figured at 27.28 %.
Deaths : There were 63 covid deaths confirmed during the day taking the death toll so far to 5,628
New Cases : The districtwise breakup for the day’s 42,464 new infections is : Ernakulam 6506, Kozhikode 5700, Malappuram 4405, Thiruvananthapuram 3969, Thrissur 3587, Alappuzha 3040, Palakkad 2950, Kottayam 2865, Kollam 2513, Kannur 2418, Pathanamthitta 1341, Kasaragod 1158, Wayanad 1056, Idukki 956
Contact cases: There were 39,469 contact cases today of which source of infection to 2,579 were unknown. The districtwise figures totaled to : Ernakulam 6411, Kozhikode 5578, Malappuram 4181, Thiruvananthapuram 3655, Thrissur 3556, Alappuzha 3029, Palakkad 1263, Kottayam 2638, Kollam 2503, Kannur 2199, Pathanamthitta 1307, Kasaragod 1106, Wayanad 1025, Idukki 945
Recoveries : The districtwise split for today’s 27,152 recoveries : Thiruvananthapuram 2389, Kollam 2035, Pathanamthitta 903, Alappuzha 1923, Kottayam 3013, Idukki 228, Ernakulam 2999, Thrissur 1519, Palakkad 2488, Malappuram 3205, Kozhikode 3996, Wayanad 182, Kannur 2083, Kasaragod 189
Quarantine : A total of 8,18,411 people are under observation currently of whom, 29,882 remain quarantined various hospitals and the remaining 7,88,529 are being monitored in their homes/institutions. 3,633 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 : 723.
