On Thursday, Ernakulam recorded 1,209 fresh COVID-19 cases and 719 recoveries.
Only 22 of the newly-infected came from other States or overseas. The source of infection in 55 patients could not be traced. Two health workers were among the new patients.
The district has a total of 29,573 people under observation for the disease as on Thursday, of whom 27,943 are at home.
New admissions to hospitals and first-line treatment centres (FLTCs) stood at 243. The total patient count in the district was 12,718.
Some 6,020 samples were sent for testing on Thursday.
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