Kerala reports 5,051 Covid cases Today.60,613 samples were tested in last 24 hours and the test positivity rate was at 8.83 percent. 5,638 recoveries were also recorded on Thursday.
4,489 people have contracted the virus through contact. The source of 448 contact cases could not be traced. 25 deaths have been confirmed in the last 24 hours.
The district-wise statistics of positive cases: Ernakulam – 663, Kottayam – 515, Pathanamthitta – 514, Kozhikode – 480, Malappuram – 435, Alappuzha – 432, Thrissur – 432, Kollam – 293, Thiruvananthapuram – 284, Idukki – 283, Wayanad – 244, Palakkad – 239, Kannur – 151 and Kasaragod – 86.
4 UK returnees also have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. So far, 47 UK returnees have tested positive for coronavirus. Their samples were sent to Pune NIV for further tests. Out of them, 6 have been identified as mutant virus strain.
60,613 samples were tested in last 24 hours. So far, 82,85,394 samples have been tested across various priority groups. 25 deaths have been confirmed in the last 24 hours. The total number of deaths in the state has reached 3,234.
78 of the coronavirus patients came from outside the state. 4,489 people have contracted the virus through contact. The district-wise statistics of contact cases: Ernakulam – 596, Kottayam – 480, Pathanamthitta – 471, Kozhikode – 450, Malappuram – 417, Alappuzha – 425, Thrissur – 418, Kollam – 284, Thiruvananthapuram – 176, Idukki – 263, Wayanad – 232, Palakkad – 82, Kannur – 111 and Kasaragod – 84.
36 health workers have tested positive. Among them, 7 were from Ernakulam, 6 from Kozhikode, 5 from Kannur, 4 each from Thrissur and Kollam, 3 from Thiruvananthapuram, 2 each from Pathanamthitta an Wayanad, 1 each from Idukki, Palakkad and Kasaragod.
The district-wise statistics of recoveries: Thiruvananthapuram – 340, Kollam – 270, Pathanamthitta – 545, Alappuzha – 485, Kottayam – 349, Idukki – 65, Ernakulam – 1102, Thrissur – 395, Palakkad – 210, Malappuram – 545, Kozhikode – 517, Wayanad – 256, Kannur – 458 and Kasaragod – 101.
Currently, there are 64,445 Covid positive cases in the state. Meanwhile, 7,28,060 people have recovered from the disease. There are 1,93,370 people under observation in the state. Out of this, 1,81,935 are under home/ institutional quarantine and 11,435 people are in hospitals. 1,379 people were taken to hospitals on Thursday.
