Covid-19: Active cases cross 4 lakh in Kerala, TPR at 26.6%

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala reported 38,460 new cases on Friday, taking the total active cases to 4,02,650; the TPR now stands at 26.64. In the past 24 hours 1,44,345 samples were tested and 26,662 patients recovered from the disease. Meanwhile, 54 deaths that occurred over the past few days were confirmed as Covid-related, taking the death toll in the state to 5,683.
Among the new cases 35,402 were infected via local spread. The contact source of infection was not traceable in 2,573 persons. There are 115 healthcare professionals among the infected and 370 persons arrived from outside the state.
Ernakulam reported the maximum number of cases at 5,361, followed by Kozhikode (4,200), Thiruvananthapuram (3,950), Malappuram (3,949), Thrissur (3,738), Kannur (3,139), Palakkad (2,968), Kollam (2,422), Alappuzha (2,160), Kottayam (2,153), Pathanamthitta (1,191), Wayanad (1,173), Idukki (1,117) and Kasaragod (939).
A total of 115 people returned from the UK, eight persons who returned from South Africa and one person who came from Brazil, turned positive. Till date, 11 among them have been diagnosed with the new strain and 114 tested negative for it. The remaining results are awaited from NIV, Pune.
Till date, 14,16,177 people recovered from the infection in state. A total of 1,67,60,815 samples have been sent for testing.The infected healthcare workers are from Kannur (29), Wayanad (14), Thrissur
(13), Ernakulam and Kasaragod (12 each), Kozhikode
(9), Pathanamthitta (7), Palakkad (6), Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam (5 each) and Idukki (3).
A total of 10,50,633 persons are presently under observation in various districts, of which 10,20,652 are at their homes or institutional quarantine centres and 29,981 are in isolation at hospitals. Sixty five new places were declared as hotspot and no place has been excluded. There are currently 788 hotspots in state.