Thiruvananthapuram: Covid-19 was confirmed in 9,016 persons in Kerala today. 7,464 people were infected through contact and the contact source for 1,321 was unknown. 104 healthcare workers were also infected. At the same time, 7,991 patients have recovered from the disease.
Meanwhile, 26 recent deaths in the state were confirmed as due to Covid taking the death toll to 1,139. The deceased are Rajagopal (47), Bhavani (70), Dattu (42), Ajith Kumar (59), Vijitha (26), Usha (63) & Satish Kumar (39) from Thiruvananthapuram district; Madhusoodanan Nair (75), Sreedharan Pillai (90) & Shahudeen (64) from Kollam district, Thankamma Velayudhan (79) & Suresh (52) from Alappuzha district; Paramu (84), Mathai (68) & Hasan Pillai (94) from Kottayam district, Bhavani (81) from Ernakulam district; Rajan (64), Victory (80) & Pareeth (103) from Thrissur district; Aboobacker (54), Syed Mohammad (74), Khadeeja (68), Asarumma (58) & Aravindakshan (61) from Malappuram district, Ahmed (68) of Kozhikode district and Jameela (60) of Kannur district.
The district-wise figures for the new positive cases are Malappuram 1,519, Thrissur 1,109, Ernakulam 1,022, Kozhikode 926, Thiruvananthapuram 848, Palakkad 688, Kollam 656, Alappuzha 629, Kannur 464, Kottayam 411, Kasargod 280, Pathanamthitta 203, Idukki 140 and Wayanad 121. Today, 127 of those diagnosed with the disease have travelled to Kerala from outside.
The numbers for the locally transmitted cases from the districts are Malappuram 1,445, Thrissur 1,079, Ernakulam 525, Kozhikode 888, Thiruvananthapuram 576, Palakkad 383, Kollam 651, Alappuzha 604, Kannur 328, Kottayam 358, Kasaragod 270, Pathanamthitta 153, Idukki 87 and Wayanad 117.
The count of the infected health workers from the districts are Kottayam 23, Thrissur 15, Kannur 15, Kannur 13, Kozhikode 8, Thiruvananthapuram, Pathanamthitta & Kasargod 6 each, Palakkad 5, Kollam 3, Wayanad 2, and Alappuzha & Ernakulam 1 each.
The district-wise tally of the patients who tested negative today are Thiruvananthapuram 860, Kollam 718, Pathanamthitta 302, Alappuzha 529, Kottayam 217, Idukki 63, Ernakulam 941, Thrissur 1,227, Palakkad 343, Malappuram 513, Kozhikode 1,057, Wayanad 144, Kannur 561 and Kasaragod 516.
So far, 2,36,989 have recovered from Coronavirus infection in the State and at present, there are 96,004 patients undergoing treatment.
There are 2,76,900 people totally in isolation in various districts of the state, 2,51,935 under home or institutional quarantine and 24,965 in hospitals. 2,971 persons were hospitalised today.
52,067 samples were tested during the last 24 hours. Till now, a total of 38,80,795 samples have been sent for testing.
Eight new places were demarcated as hotspots today while 18 areas have been excluded. There are 633 hotspots in the State now.