State records 29,803 new Covid cases, TPR at 20.8%

Thiruvananthapuram: The state reported 29,803 positive cases with a test postitivity rate of 20.84% and recorded 177 more deaths on Tuesday. The total active cases have come down to 2,55,406 as 33,397 patients have recovered from the disease. In the past 24 hours, 1,43,028 samples were tested.
Meanwhile, the total death toll in the state has risen to 7,732. The total positive cases reported in the state till date has become 23,95,590. The total number of patients admitted to various ICUs at present are 4,027 while 1,517 are on ventilator support.
Among the new cases, 27,502 have been infected through local spread. The contact source of infection was not traceable for 2,050.There are 94 healthcare professionals among those infected and 202 people have arrived from outside the state.
Malappuram reported the highest number of cases 5,315, followed by Palakkad (3,285), Thiruvananthapuram (3,131), Ernakulam (3,063), Kollam (2,867), Thrissur (2,147), Alappuzha (2,482), Kozhikode (1,855), Kottayam (1,555), Kannur (1,212), Idukki (802), Kasaragod (602), Pathanamthitta (1,076) and Wayanad (411).
A total of 116 people returned from the UK, nine persons who returned from South Africa and one person who came from Brazil, have turned Covid-19 positive. Till date, 11 among them have been diagnosed with the new strain and 124 have been tested negative of the new strain. The remaining results are awaited from NIV, Pune.
So far, 21,32,071 people have recovered from Coronavirus infection in the state while 2,55,406 patients are still undergoing treatment. A total of 1,90,24,615 samples have been sent for testing till now.
The number of infected health care workers are Kannur (17),Wayanad (13), Ernakulam, Palakkad and Kasaragod 10 each, Thrissur (7), Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam and Pathanamthitta 6 each, Idukki (5), Kozhikode (2), Kottayam and Malappuram 1 each.
The number of patients who tested negative are Thiruvananthapuram (3,112), Kollam (1,801), Pathanamthitta (1,851), Alappuzha (2,015), Kottayam (1,546), Idukki (1,266), Ernakulam (3,917), Thrissur (2,489), Palakkad (3,032), Malappuram (4,052), Kozhikode (2,815), Wayanad (572), Kannur (3,884) and Kasaragod (1,045).
There are a total of 9,04,178 people presently under observation across the state, of which 8,26,698 are at their homes or institutional quarantine centres and 38,740 in isolation at hospitals.
No new place has been declared as hotspot and no place has been excluded. There are currently 879 hotspots in the state.