Steady rise in cases with 1,758 new patients in kerala

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state reported 1,758 new cases of Covid-19 meanwhile 1,365 patients under treatment have recovered. The total cases reported in the state capital has crossed 10,000. As many as 1,677 cases of local transmission were reported on the day, of which the source of infection in 81 cases was not traceable.
Six more Covid related deaths were confirmed in the state, taking the total death toll to 176. Pathumma, 76, (Palakkad), Moithu, 59, (Wayanad), Kausu, 65, and Rajalakshmi, 61, (Kozhikode), and Vijaya, 32, and Sathyan, 54, (Thiruvananthapuram) are the deceased. As many as 168 patients are admitted to ICUs in various hospitals and 35 are on ventilator support.
Among the new cases, 39 have come back from overseas and 42 from other states. Twenty-five more health workers were also infected along with 11 Coast Guard personnel at INSH. The total number of cases reported till date in the state has climbed to 47,898, of which 16,274 are active cases.
Thiruvananthapuram reported the highest number of cases on Monday - 489. While Malappuram reported 242, Ernakulam had 192 cases and the rest are from Kozhikode (147), Alappuzha (126), Kannur (123), Kottayam (93), Kollam (88), Pathanamthitta (65), Palakkad (51), Thrissur (48), Wayanad (47), Kasaragod (42) and Idukki (5).
The highest number of local transmissions has been reported from Thiruvananthapuram 476 followed by Malappuram (220), Ernakulam (173), Kozhikode (146), Alappuzha (117), Kannur (111), Kollam (86), Kottayam (86), Pathanamthitta (52), Palakkad (44), Wayanad (44), Thrissur (42), Kasaragod (40) and Idukki (4).
There are 1,65,564 people under observation in the state, among which 13,633 are in hospitals. A total of 1,583 people were admitted to hospitals on the day. In the last 24 hours, 29,265 samples were tested. A total of 12,40,076 samples have so far been sent for testing including 1,51,714 samples as part of sentinel surveillance.
Ten healthcare workers were infected in Thiruvananthapuram, six in Malappuram, four in Ernakulam, three in Palakkad, and one each in Thrissur and Kannur.
Among the recovered, 310 are from Thiruvananthapuram. The total number of recoveries in the state stands at 31,394 now.
Meanwhile, 13 more places were designated as hotspots while 18 were excluded from the list. There are now 565 hotspots in the state.