6,546 fresh Covid positive cases reported in Kerala

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state witnessed 6,546 Covid positive cases of the 66,486 samples tested in the last 24 hours.
Among the new cases detected, 5,541 people had taken the vaccination and 1,849 have not taken even a single dose. However, 2,514 people among the new cases are those who had taken both the doses.
The total active cases at present are 72,876 of which 7% people are admitted either in the hospitals or in the other treatment centres. At the same time 7,085 patients have recovered from the disease.
Meanwhile, 50 recent deaths were confirmed as caused by Covid taking the related death toll in the state to 33,515.
Among the new cases, 6,041 have been infected through local spread. The contact source of infection was not traceable for 448. There are 41 health care professionals among those infected and 16 of those who have tested positive had arrived from outside the state.
Ernakulam reported the highest number of 1,037 cases followed by Thiruvananthapuram (888), Kollam (774), Kozhikode (754), Thrissur (724), Kottayam (508), Kannur (394), Palakkad (343), Pathanamthitta (267), Wayanad (220), Malappuram (215), Idukki (181), Alappuzha (142), and Kasaragod (99).
The highest number of patients who tested negative are from Thiruvananthapuram (1,229). The figures from the other districts are, Kollam (554), Pathanamthitta (585), Alappuzha (307), Kottayam 591, Idukki (399), Ernakulam (944), Thrissur (119), Palakkad (300), Malappuram (319), Kozhikode (816), Wayanad (293), Kannur (369) and Kasaragod (109).
There are a total of 2,40,336 persons presently under observation in the state of which 2,33,927 are at their homes or institutional quarantine centres and 6,409 are in isolation at hospitals.
As per the weekly infection population ratio, 46 wards in 39 local bodies currently having WIPR of more than 10%. In these wards, strict lockdown restrictions have been implemented.