After a gap of five days, today Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has finally addressed the press meet. He informed that Kerala has added 78 new positive cases today. On the other hand, the number of negative cases stands at 32. A total of 64 cases are for those who came from; of these, 31 are from overseas. 36 came from other states, while 10 got the disease through transmission. 5 health workers turned positive through transmission. The state also recorded a death, Usman Kutty (71), a native of Irikkur, Kannur. Kerala, till now has recorded 19 Covid deaths.
With today’s report, the total number of cases in the state has risen to 2321. 999 were treated, while the state has got 1303 active cases right now. The number of new Covid cases in the state, with the district wise break up is as follows,
Kasargode – 4
Kannur – 3
Kozhikode – 4
Malappuram – 14
Palakkad – 5
Thrissur – 14
Ernakulam – 5
Idukky – 1
Kottayam – 3
Alappuzha – 13
Pathanamthitta – 7
Kollam – 4
Thiruvananthapuram – 1
Turned positive through transmission
Thrissur – 7
Malappuram – 3
People who have turned negative
Kozhikode – 2
Kannur – 2
Thiruvananthapuram – 1
Kottayam – 1
Kasargode – 1
Idukki – 4
Ernakulam – 4
Thrissur – 4
Palakkad – 6
Kollam – 7
Positive cases who came from other districts
Maharashtra – 16
Delhi – 7
Tamil Nadu – 3
Karnataka – 2
Andhra Pradesh – 1
Jharkhand – 1
Jammu Kashmir – 1
Overseas people who have turned Positive
UAE – 17
Kuwait – 12
Saudi Arabia – 4
Oman – 2
Maldives – 1
Kerala has tested a total of 5,001 samples during the past 24 hours. 1,06,850 samples have been tested till date. Results of 3,392 samples are yet to come.
A total of 2,27,402 people are under observation, out of which 1985 are admitted to hospitals. Today, a total of 242 people are admitted to hospitals. 9 more hotspots are been added today
Kannur District
Vengad
Kadannappilly
Panappuzha
Thrissur District
Thrissur Corporation
Vadanappally
Engandiyur
Chavakkad Municipality
Malappuram District
Thennala
Kottayam District
Koruthod (Kottayam)
Thrikodithanam (Kottayam)
