Today, Kerala has registered 435 new Covid positive cases. Today is the third consecutive day, when the figure has crossed the 400 mark. The number of samples that turned negative stands at 132. With this, the total number of covid cases in Kerala has reached 7,870, while the state’s total active cases have reached 3,743. A total of 4,097 people have recovered from the disease. Amongst those who have turned positive today, 128 are from overseas, while 87 came from other states.
As was the case in the previous days, the number of positive cases through transmission is increasing with the passage of each day. In the past 24 hours, the state has clocked 206 positive cases through transmission.
The district wise breakup figure of positive cases is all follows (cases through transmission in the bracket),
Palakkad – 59 (1)
Alappuzha – 57 (35)
Kasargode – 56 (41)
Ernakulam – 50 (41)
Malappuram – 42 (17)
Thiruvananthapuram – 40 (31)
Pathanamthitta – 39 (24)
Thrissur – 19 (4)
Wayanad – 19
Kannur – 17
Idukki – 16 (1)
Kottayam – 12 (6)
Kollam – 5 (5)
Kozhikode – 4
Number of people who have turned negative
Pathanamthitta – 24
Kannur – 22 (1 native each from Malappuram, Kasargode, Kozhikode)
Thrissur – 20
Kozhikode – 18 (1 Ernakulam native)
Palakkad – 16
Malappuram – 15
Kasargode – 7
Ernakulam – 5
Thiruvananthapuram – 3 (1 Pathanamthitta native)
Alappuzha – 1
Kottayam – 1
Right now, 1,81,784 people are under observation, with the number of institutional quarantine standing at 3,990. Today, Kerala has tested a total of 13,478 samples. With this, the total number of tests conducted by the state, stands at 3,47,529. The results of 5,944 tests are yet to come. Today, a total of 633 people have been admitted to hospitals. Kerala, right now, has a total of 222 hotspots.
