In line with yesterday, today, Kerala registered a total of 791 new Covid positive cases. Incidentally, this happened to be the biggest single day spike that Kerala has registered till date. The number of samples that turned negative stands at 133. With this, the total number of covid cases in Kerala has reached 11,066, while the state’s total active cases have reached 6,029. A total of 5,002 people have recovered from the disease. Amongst those who have turned positive today, 135 are from overseas, while 98 came from other states.
The number of case through transmission has crossed the 500 mark, as the state registered 532 cases in the past 24 hours. Out of the cases through transmission, 42 remain untraced. 15 health workers, 1 BSF officers, 1 ITBP officers, 7 KSE officers have been tested positive for the disease. The state has also recorded 1 more Covid death case – Shyju, who hails from Pullut, Thrissur.
The district wise breakup figure of positive cases is all follows,
Thiruvananthapuram – 246
Ernakulam – 115
Pathanamthitta – 87
Alappuzha – 57
Kollam – 47
Kottayam – 39
Kozhikode – 32
Kasargode – 32
Thrissur – 32
Palakkad – 31
Wayanad – 28
Malappuram – 25
Idukki – 11
Kannur – 9
Number of people who have turned negative
Thiruvananthapuram – 8
Kollam – 7
Pathanamthitta – 5
Idukki – 5
Alappuzha – 6
Kottayam – 8
Ernakulam – 5
Thrissur – 32
Malappuram – 32
Kozhikode – 9
Wayanad – 4
Kannur – 8
Kasargode – 9
Right now, 1,78,481 people are under observation, with the number of institutional quarantine standing at 6,124. Today, Kerala has tested a total of 16,642 samples. With this, the total number of routine samples tested by the state, stands at 2,75,900. The results of 7,610 test results are yet to come. Today, a total of 1,152 people have been admitted to hospitals.
