Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 9 (UNI) COVID-19 was confirmed in 3,593 people newly in Kerala on Monday even as 5,983 patients were cured of the disease, Health Minister KK Shailaja said.

The Minister in a statement here this evening said, "Of the cases detected, 3,070 persons were infected through contact and the source of infection for 409 was unknown. There were 53 health personnel among those infected."

"Meanwhile, 22 recent deaths were confirmed to be due to Covid taking the death toll to 1,714," she added.



She said 32,489 samples were tested during the last 24 hours with a test positivity rate of 11.06%. Till now, a total of 51,30,922 samples have been sent for testing.



The numbers of new positive cases district-wise are Malappuram 548, Kozhikode 479, Ernakulam 433, Thrissur 430, Alappuzha 353, Thiruvananthapuram 324, Kollam 236, Palakkad 225, Kottayam 203, Kannur 152, Kasargod 75, Wayanad 50, Pathanamthitta 43 and Idukki 42. Of those diagnosed with the disease, 61 have travelled to the state from outside.



The figures for the locally transmitted cases from the districts are Malappuram 504, Kozhikode 441, Ernakulam 298, Thrissur 417, Alappuzha 345, Thiruvananthapuram 224, Kollam 230, Palakkad 133, Kottayam 203, Kannur 99, Kasaragod 66, Wayanad 48, Pathanamthitta 35 and Idukki 27.



The tally of the infected healthcare workers from the districts are Ernakulam 18, Thiruvananthapuram 11, Kozhikode 5, Thrissur & Kannur 4, Kollam 3; Palakkad, Malappuram, Wayanad 2, and Pathanamthitta & Kasargod 1.



The district-wise figures of the patients whose test results were negative today are Thiruvananthapuram 452, Kollam 454, Pathanamthitta 147, Alappuzha 792, Kottayam 423, Idukki 49, Ernakulam 827, Thrissur 904, Palakkad 429, Malappuram 560, Kozhikode 618, Wayanad 104, Kannur 133 and Kasaragod 91.



At present, there are 79,410 patients undergoing treatment in the state while a total of 4,08,460 persons have so far recovered from Coronavirus infection.



There are currently 3,16,096 people under observation across the state - 2,96,208 under isolation at their homes or institutional quarantine centres and 19,888 in hospitals. 1,981 people were admitted to the hospitals today.



Two places in Alappuzha and Thiruvananthapuram districts were declared as new hotspots today while seven areas were excluded. There are 612 hotspots in Kerala now.

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