total 445 patients under treatment
13 new hotspots, total 81
Thiruvananthapuram, May 27: Chief Minister, Shri Pinarayi Vijayan informed that 40 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in Kerala today. Ten persons in Kasargod district, eight from Palakkad district, seven in Alappuzha districts, four in Kollam district, three each from Pathanamthitta and Wayanad districts, two each in Kozhikode and Ernakulam districts and one from Kannur district, are those who tested positive with the disease.
Of the newly confirmed cases, 28 persons have returned from other States (Maharashtra-16, Tamil Nadu-5, Delhi-3, Andhra Pradesh-1, Telangana-1, Karnataka-1 & Uttar Pradesh-1) while nine have come back from overseas (UAE-5, Saudi Arabia-2, Qatar-1 & UK-1). Three have contracted the disease locally.
At the same time, 10 patients under treatment for Coronavirus have tested negative today. Six patients in Malappuram district, two from Kasargod district, and one each in Alappuzha and Wayanad districts are those who recovered of the infection. The total number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Kerala so far is 1,004 and 445 patients are now under treatment in different hospitals.
The Chief Minister also expressed his condolences to the grieving families of the 173 Keralites (till May 26) outside the State who lost their lives due to Coronavirus.
As of today, there are 1,07,832 people under observation in the State. Of these, 1,06,940 are under surveillance at their homes or institutional quarantine centres and 892 are isolated in hospitals. 229 persons were hospitalised today.
So far, 58,866 samples have been sent for testing and 56,558 samples have been confirmed with no infection. As part of sentinel surveillance of high-risk category people, 9,095 samples were tested separately and out of these, 8,541 samples have tested negative.
13 new places were declared as hotspots today – ten places in Palakkad district and three in Thiruvananthapuram district. Now there are 81 hotspots in the State.
Till now 1,05,368 people have arrived in Kerala from foreign countries and other States by various means – 9,416 through airports, 1,621 through the seaport, 5,363 through railway station and 88,968 through border check posts.