Thiruvananthapuram: On Tuesday 2,653
Covid-19 cases were reported in the state. With this, the total number of
cases reported till date has risen to 11,24,584. Among the new cases, 2,331 were due to
local transmission and contact source of infection was not traceable for 183 cases.
There are 17 healthcare professionals among the infected and 122 people arrived from outside the state.
At the same time, 2,039 patients recovered from the disease. Meanwhile, 15 deaths that occurred over the past few days were confirmed as Covid-related, taking the death toll in the state to 4,622.
A total of 103 people returned from the UK; seven persons who returned from South Africa and one person who came from Brazil, become Covid positive. Till date, 11 among them have been diagnosed with the new strain and 104 tested negative for the new strain. The remaining results are awaited from NIV, Pune.
In the last 24 hours 49,427 samples were tested with a test positivity rate of 5.37%. A total of 1,31,58,864 samples have been sent for testing till date. At present, 10,94,404 people have recovered from the infection even as 25,249 patients are still undergoing treatment for the same.
Kannur at 416 reported the highest number of cases, followed by Kozhikode (398), Ernakulam (316), Thiruvananthapuram (234), Malappuram (206), Kottayam (170), Thrissur (170), Kasaragod (167), Kollam (147), Pathanamthitta (104), Idukki (97), Alappuzha (89), Palakkad (84) and Wayanad (55).
Number of people infected via local contacts are: Kannur (323), Kozhikode (381), Ernakulam (298), Thiruvananthapuram (178), Malappuram (199), Kottayam (153), Thrissur (166), Kasaragod (146), Kollam (141), Pathanamthitta (90), Idukki (93), Alappuzha (88), Palakkad (29) and Wayanad (46).
Infected healthcare workers are in Kannur (4), Kasaragod (3), Ernakulam, Kozhikode and Wayanad (2 each), Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Thrissur and Palakkad (1 each).
Patients who tested negative are from Thiruvananthapuram (194), Kollam (159), Pathanamthitta (124), Alappuzha (123), Kottayam (120), Idukki (43), Ernakulam (232), Thrissur (199), Palakkad (83), Malappuram (255), Kozhikode (297), Wayanad (24), Kannur (142) and Kasaragod (44).
At present, 1,35,075 persons are under observation in various districts, of which 1,31,057 are at their homes or institutional quarantine centres and 4,018 are in isolation at hospitals. As many as 601 people were admitted to hospitals.
Eleven new places were declared as hotspots and no place has been excluded. There are 364 hotspots in the state.