Kerala reports 4,875 new Covid cases Today.52,655 samples were tested in the last 24 hours. The test positivity rate is at 9.26 percent. So far, 67,55,630 samples were tested in different priority groups. 35 deaths were confirmed in the state on Wednesday by NIV Alappuzha. With this, the total number of coronavirus fatalities rose to 2,507.
Positive Cases
Ernakulam – 717, Malappuram – 709, Kozhikode – 656, Thrissur – 511, Kottayam – 497, Palakkad – 343, Pathanamthitta – 254, Kannur – 251, Wayanad – 241, Kollam – 212, Alappuzha – 194, Thiruvananthapuram – 181, Idukki – 57 and Kasaragod – 52.
Negative cases
Thiruvananthapuram – 401, Kollam – 281, Pathanamthitta – 182, Alappuzha – 363, Kottayam – 311, Idukki – 56, Ernakulam – 532, Thrissur – 470, Palakkad – 437, Malappuram – 612, Kozhikode – 610, Wayanad – 111, Kannur – 217 and Kasaragod – 64.
Contact cases
Ernakulam – 562, Malappuram – 643, Kozhikode – 614, Thrissur – 496, Kottayam – 496, Palakkad – 188, Pathanamthitta – 190, Kannur – 209, Wayanad – 226, Kollam – 209, Alappuzha – 188, Thiruvananthapuram – 113, Idukki – 47 and Kasaragod – 49.
43 health workers tested COVID positive on Wednesday. The district wise cases of Covid positive health workers are: Kannur – 9, Palakkad – 7, Ernakulam – 6, Pathanamthitta – 5, Wayanad – 4, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur – 3 each, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Kasaragod – 2 each.
3,09,935 people are under observation across various districts in the state. Out of this, 2,95,771 people are in home/institutional quarantine and 14,164 people are in hospitals. 1,499 people were taken to hospitals on Wednesday.
