Kerala reports 28,514 Covid-19 cases, 176 deaths

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala on Saturday reported 28,514 fresh Covid-19 cases, taking the caseload to 22,92,091, while 176 deaths pushed the toll to 7,170.
Recoveries outnumbered fresh cases with 45,400 people being discharged, taking the total number to 20,25,319, while 2,89,283 are undergoing treatment for the infection.
The Test Positivity Rate stood at 22.63 per cent, a health department bulletin said.
Malappuram accounted for the maximum of 3,932 cases, followed by Thiruvananthapuram with 3,300.
Ernakulam and Palakkad also reported over 3,000 cases each.
Of the new cases, 123 were health workers, 214 had come from outside the state and 26,347were infected through contact.
As many as 9,69,946 people are under quarantine, including 38,743 in hospitals, the bulletin said.
A total of 1,26,028 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative to 1,86,81,051 so far.