Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala reported 3,757 coronavirus cases on Monday, said Health Minister K. K. Shailaja in a press statement.
5,425 recoveries were reported in the state on Monday. 35,659 samples were tested in the past 24-hours. 22 deaths due to Covid were also confirmed by NIV Alappuzha. With this, the death toll in the state due to coronavirus rose to 2,071.
So far, 58,92,900 samples, including those collected from priority groups as part of sentinel surveillance, were sent for testing. Test positivity rate is 10.54.
The district-wise statistics of positive cases are: Malappuram – 1023, Kozhikode – 514, Palakkad – 331, Ernakulam – 325, Kottayam – 279, Thrissur – 278, Alappuzha – 259, Thiruvananthapuram – 229, Kollam – 198, Kannur – 144, Pathanamthitta – 57, Idukki – 49, Wayanad – 39 and Kasaragod – 32.
3,272 persons contracted the virus through contact out of which the infection source of 377 is unknown. Out of the new patients, 76 had returned from outside the state.
The district-wise statistics of contact cases are: Malappuram – 993, Kozhikode – 467, Palakkad – 182, Ernakulam – 235, Kottayam – 276, Thrissur – 264, Alappuzha – 256, Thiruvananthapuram – 158, Kollam – 194, Kannur – 112, Pathanamthitta – 46, Idukki – 30, Wayanad – 30 and Kasaragod – 29.
32 health workers also tested positive for COVID-19. Among them, 6 are from Ernakulam, 5 each are from Thiruvananthapuram and Thrissur, 4 are form Kannur, 3 are form Kozhikode, 2 each are from Malappuram, Pathanamthitta and Idukki, 1 each is form Wayanad, Palakkad and Kollam.
The district-wise recoveries are: Thiruvananthapuram – 751, Kollam – 572, Pathanamthitta – 173, Alappuzha – 252, Kottayam – 175, Idukki – 137, Ernakulam – 517, Thrissur – 674, Palakkad – 583, Malappuram – 527, Kozhikode – 698, Wayanad – 82, Kannur – 187 and Kasaragod – 97.
There are 64,166 active Coronavirus cases in Kerala while 5,00,089 have recovered. As many as 3,14,543 are under observation. Among them, 2,98,395 are in home/institutional quarantine while 16,148 are in hospitals. 1,551 were admitted to hospitals on Monday.
4 new Covid hotspots were identified in the state on Monday while 7 regions were removed from the list. There are a total of 556 hotspots in the state.
