Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 30 (UNI) Kerala confirmed 3,382 new cases of novel coronavirus on Monday while 6,055 patient recovered from the disease, the State Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said.

Addressing a press conference here in the evening, the CM said: "Of the cases reported today (Monday), 2,880 persons were infected through contact and the source of infection was unknown for 405. There were 33 healthcare workers among those infected."

Meanwhile, 21 deaths were confirmed as being caused by Covid taking the death toll in the state to 2,244, he added.

He said 34,689 samples were tested in the last 24 hours and the test positivity rate is 9.75 per cent. A total of 62,62,476 samples have so far been sent for testing.

The district-wise figures for those who tested positive today for Coronavirus infection are Malappuram 611, Kozhikode 481, Ernakulam 317, Alappuzha 275, Thrissur 250, Kottayam 243, Palakkad 242, Kollam 238, Thiruvananthapuram 234, Kannur 175, Pathanamthitta 91, Wayanad 90, Kasaragod 86 and Idukki 49. Of those diagnosed, 64 have come to the state from outside.

The count of the locally transmitted cases in the districts are Malappuram 578, Kozhikode 447, Ernakulam 246, Alappuzha 258, Thrissur 244, Kottayam 240, Palakkad 104, Kollam 235, Thiruvananthapuram 153, Kannur 121, Pathanamthitta 76, Wayanad 78, Kasaragod 75 and Idukki 25.

The tally of the infected medical or para-medical personnel from the districts are Kozhikode 11, Thiruvananthapuram 6, Kannur 4; Ernakulam, Thrissur, Malappuram & Wayanad 2 each, and Kollam, Kottayam, Palakkad & Kasaragod 1 each.

The district-wise numbers of the patients who tested negative today are Thiruvananthapuram 334, Kollam 633, Pathanamthitta 143, Alappuzha 765, Kottayam 156, Idukki 455, Ernakulam 518, Thrissur 659, Palakkad 482, Malappuram 507, Kozhikode 913, Wayanad 116, Kannur 299 and Kasaragod 75.

Till now, a total of 5,38,713 people have recovered from Covid in the State even as 61,894 patients are still undergoing treatment for the same.

There are presently 3,11,770 persons under observation across the state - 2,96,094 under home isolation or in institutional quarantine and 15,676 in hospitals. Total 1,481 people were admitted to the hospitals today.

Six places were demarcated as hotspots today while 26 areas were exempted. There are 504 hotspots in Kerala now.

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