Thiruvananthapuram: Covid-19 was confirmed in 6,843 persons in Kerala today even as 7,649 patients have recovered from the disease. 5,694 were cases of infection through contact and the source of infection for 908 was not traceable. There are 82 healthcare workers among those infected.
Meanwhile, 26 recent deaths were confirmed today as due to Covid. The deceased are Vijayamma (59), Zubaida Beevi (68), Krishnankutty (72), Babu (66), Ashokan (60), A R Saleem (60) & Abdul Razzaq (75) from Thiruvananthapuram district; Jayamma (48), Bhaskaran (84), Gopalakrishnan (77), Thankamma (83) & Krishnakumar (58) from Alappuzha district, Alina (24) from Pathanamthitta district; K S Nair (72) from Kottayam district
M K Pappu (87), Rajamma (83), Mariamma Patros (88), K A Subaida (65) & Kumari (62) from Ernakulam district; Alavi (75), Govindan (74), Mary (75), Muhammad (60), Suharbi (45) & Yashoda (65) from Malappuram district, and K Anandan (76) from Kannur district. This takes the Covid related deaths in the State to 1,332.
The numbers of new active cases from the districts are Thrissur 1,011, Kozhikode 869, Ernakulam 816, Thiruvananthapuram 712, Malappuram 653, Alappuzha 542, Kollam 527, Kottayam 386, Palakkad 374, Pathanamthitta 303, Kannur 274, Idukki 152, Kasaragod 137 and Wayanad 87. Of those diagnosed, 159 have travelled to the state from outside.
The district-wise figures for the locally transmitted cases are Thrissur 994, Kozhikode 834, Ernakulam 416, Thiruvananthapuram 559, Malappuram 612, Alappuzha 514, Kollam 522, Kottayam 320, Palakkad 195, Pathanamthitta 231, Kannur 202, Idukki 87, Kasaragod 126 and Wayanad 82.
The count of the infected healthcare workers from the districts are Thiruvananthapuram & Kannur 15 each, Kozhikode 11, Ernakulam 9, Malappuram 8, Thrissur 5, Pathanamthitta, Idukki & Kasaragod 4 each, Palakkad 3, and Kollam & Kottayam 2 each.
The district-wise figures of the patients who tested negative today are Thiruvananthapuram 941, Kollam 529, Pathanamthitta 106, Alappuzha 869, Kottayam 299, Idukki 91, Ernakulam 1,116, Thrissur 483, Palakkad 419, Malappuram 1,052, Kozhikode 733, Wayanad 133, Kannur 537 and Kasaragod 341.
Presently, there are 96,585 patients undergoing treatment for Coronavirus while a total of 2,94,910 people have so far recovered from the disease in the State.
There are 2,82,568 people under surveillance in various districts of the state, 2,59,651 under home or institutional quarantine and 22,917 in hospitals. 3,439 persons were admitted to the hospitals today.
During the last 24 hours, 48,212 samples were tested and a total of 43,28,416 samples have so far been sent for testing.
58 new places were declared as hotspots today even as 13 areas were excluded taking the number of hotspots in Kerala to 669.