Kerala sees 1,725 new Covid-19 cases, 13 deaths

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state reported 1,725 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, the highest daily figure ever. Among them, 1,605 people were infected through contact and the source of infection in 94 cases is unknown. As many as 1,131 recoveries were also reported in the day. Forty-five of the new cases are returnees from abroad and 75 from other states.
At present, the state has 15,890 active cases and the total number of cases reported till date has touched 46,140.
Highest number of deaths in a day was also recorded on Monday - 13, taking the total death toll to 170. The deceased have been identified as Varghese, 90, (Kannur), K G Chandran, 75, and Rajam S Pillai, 76, (Alappuzha), Bichu, 69, (Kozhikode), Asma, 38, Abbas, 55, Ramesan, 47, Mariamma, 75, and Risa Fathima, 7 months, (Kasaragod), Kurian Titus, 42, Selvaraj, 58, and Siluvamma, 75, (Thiruvananthapuram) and Bichava Haji, 65, (Malappuram).
Among the new cases, 461 cases were reported from Thiruvananthapuram. The rest of the cases are from Malappuram (306), Thrissur (156), Alappuzha (139), Palakkad (137), Ernakulam (129), Kasaragod (97), Kottayam (89), Kannur (77), Kollam (48), Kozhikode (46), Idukki (23), Wayanad (15) and Pathanamthitta (2).
Among the contact cases, 31 are health care workers and two are DSC personnel. The state capital recorded the highest number of contact cases 435 followed by 285 in Malappuram, 144 in Thrissur, 124 in Palakkad, 123 in Ernakulam, 122 in Alappuzha, 90 in Kasargod, 81 in Kottayam, 61 in Kannur, 45 in Kollam, 33 from Kozhikode, 14 from Idukki, 13 from Wayanad and two from Pathanamthitta.
Among the 31 health workers who have been infected, 15 are from Thiruvananthapuram, and the rest from Kannur (5), Thrissur (3), Malappuram (3), Kozhikode (2), Ernakulam (1), Palakkad (1) and Kasaragod (1).
Of those recovered, 270 are from Thiruvananthapuram, 170 from Kasaragod, 130 from Malappuram, 110 from Alappuzha, 89 from Kollam, 76 from Kozhikode, 63 from Ernakulam, 53 from Palakkad, 46 from Kottayam, 42 from Thrissur, 32 from Pathanamthitta, 22 from Kannur, 15 from Idukki and 13 from Wayanad.
As many as 1,64,029 people are under surveillance across the state, 1,50,332 under home or institutional quarantine and 13,697 under observation in hospitals. On Monday, 1,455 people were admitted to hospitals.
In the last 24 hours, 26,150 samples were tested. A total of 12,05,759 samples have been sent for testing so far, among them 1,49,766 are samples from priority groups as part of sentinel surveillance.