Thiruvananthapuram: 7,283 new Covid-19 cases were confirmed in Kerala today while 6,767 patients have recovered from the disease. 5,731 are cases of local transmission and the source of infection 1,158 cases were not traceable. There are 250 healthcare workers among those infected.
Meanwhile, 24 recent deaths were confirmed as due to Covid. The deceased are Marykutty (56), Sumathi (48), Shantamma (80), Thankamma (84) & Chellappan (71) from Thiruvananthapuram district, Rangan (70) from Pathanamthitta district, Thomas (73) from Idukki district; Anthony (70), Savita (30), Raveendran (80), Premarajan (54) & Kamu (80) from Thrissur district; Asainar (92), Padmavathi (82) & Balan (65) from Kozhikode district, and Safia (60), V P Ahmed (59), Nabeesu (72), K P Aisha (85), Nani (60), Abdullah (73), Hajira Beevi (90), Narayanan Nambiar (90) & Padmanabhan (55) from Kannur district. This takes the Covid related death toll in the state to 1,113.
The numbers of those who tested positive for Coronavirus today from the districts are Malappuram 1,025, Kozhikode 970, Thrissur 809, Palakkad 648, Ernakulam 606, Thiruvananthapuram 595, Alappuzha 563, Kottayam 432, Kollam 418, Kannur 405, Pathanamthitta 296, Kasaragod 234, Wayanad 158 and Idukki 124. Today, 144 of those diagnosed with the disease have come back from outside the state.
The district-wise figures for those infected through contact are Malappuram 786, Kozhikode 878, Thrissur 795, Palakkad 434, Ernakulam 184, Thiruvananthapuram 405, Alappuzha 543, Kottayam 268, Kollam 410, Kannur 369, Pathanamthitta 227, Kasargod 214, Wayanad 149 and Idukki 69.
The count of the infected healthcare workers from the districts are Ernakulam 76, Malappuram 65, Kottayam 24, Alappuzha 18, Palakkad 17, Thiruvananthapuram 11, Kasaragod 10, Kozhikode 8, Kannur 5, Pathanamthitta & Thrissur 4 each, Kollam & Idukki 3 each and Wayanad 2.
The district-wise numbers of the patients who tested negative today are Thiruvananthapuram 780, Kollam 767, Pathanamthitta 257, Alappuzha 181, Kottayam 246, Idukki 53, Ernakulam 843, Thrissur 831, Palakkad 322, Malappuram 432, Kozhikode 1,154, Wayanad 155, Kannur 440 and Kasaragod 306.
So far, 2,28,998 people have recovered from Covid in the state and at present, there are 95,008 patients undergoing treatment for the disease.
There are a total of 2,76,727 people under isolation across the state, 2,51,145 at their homes or institutional quarantine centres and 25,582 under observation in hospitals. 2,776 persons were admitted to the hospital today.
51,836 samples were tested in the last 24 hours. Till now, overall of 38,28,728 samples have been sent for testing.
Eight new places were assigned as hotspots today and currently, there are 643 hotspots in the State.