Kerala on Monday reported 4,287 new cases of Covid-19, informed Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.3,711 patients contracted the disease through contact. Among them, the virus source of 471 remains unknown. 7,101 recoveries were also reported.
Positive Cases
Malappuram 853, Thiruvananthapuram 513, Kozhikode 497, Thrissur 480, Ernakulam 457, Alappuzha 332, Kollam 316, Palakkad 276, Kottayam 194, Kannur 174, Idukki 79, Kasaragod 64, Wayanad 28 and Pathanamthitta 24.
Negative Cases
Thiruvananthapuram 747, Kollam 722, Pathanamthitta 180, Alappuzha 497, Kottayam 191, Idukki 66, Ernakulam 1096, Thrissur 723, Palakkad 454, Malappuram 1002, Kozhikode 1023, Wayanad 107, Kannur 97 and Kasaragod 202
Contact Cases
Malappuram – 813, Thiruvananthapuram – 359, Kozhikode – 470, Thrissur – 469, Ernakulam – 337, Alappuzha – 312, Kollam – 310, Palakkad – 164, Kottayam – 186, Kannur – 131, Idukki – 63, Kasaragod – 59, Wayanad – 21 and Pathanamthitta – 17.
53 health workers also tested positive for Covid-19. Among them, 14 are from Thiruvananthapuram. 9 are from Kannur, 8 are from Ernakulam, 6 are from Kozhikode, 5 are from Thrissur, 3 each are from Malappuram and Kottayam and 1 is from Pathanamthitta, Kasaragod, Palakkad, Wayanad and Kollam.
There are 93,744 active coronavirus cases in Kerala while 3,02,017 have recovered. As many as 2,83,473 are under observation. Among them, 2,60,675 are in home/institutional quarantine while 22,798 are in hospitals. 2,974 were admitted to hospitals on Monday.
35,141 samples were tested in the last 24 hours. So far, 43,63,557 samples, including those collected from priority groups as part of sentinel surveillance, were sent for testing.
19 new Covid hotspots were identified in the state on Monday while 5 regions were removed from the list. There are a total of 682 hotspots in the state.
