Total 45,919 patients under treatment
54, 989 tests in the last 24 hours
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 24: Chief Minister, Shri Pinarayi Vijayan has informed that 6,324 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in Kerala today. Presently, there are 45,919 patients under treatment. 5,321 are cases of local transmission with the contact source unknown in 628 (total 5,949 contact cases). 105 healthcare workers were infected through contact. At the same time, 3,168 patients have recovered from the disease today.
While giving the details, the Chief Minister said, “The rising numbers show that we are moving to a serious situation in the State. The maximum number of new cases today was reported from Kozhikode district.”
21 deaths were reported today as due to Covid taking the death toll to 613. The deceased are Alby (20), Thankappan (70), Sasi (60), Vasudevan (75), Dr M S Abdeen (72), Omana (62), Sasi (74), Sushila (60), Sreekumaran Nair (67), Robert (72) & Rahiya Beevi (56) from Thiruvananthapuram district, Kathira Mathew (88) from Thrissur district, Abdurahman (79) from Kozhikode district, V D Shaju (53) from Ernakulam district and Abdul Rahim (68), Bhargavan Nair (72), Surabhidas (21), Thresyamma Chacko (66), Shantamma (66), Ponnamma (64) & Mohandas (74) from Alappuzha district.
The district-wise figures for the new positive cases today are Kozhikode 883, Thiruvananthapuram 875, Malappuram 763, Ernakulam 590, Thrissur 474, Alappuzha 453, Kollam 440, Kannur 406, Palakkad 353, Kottayam 341, Kasaragod 300, Pathanamthitta 189, Idukki 151 and Wayanad 106. Of those diagnosed today, 44 have come back from foreign countries and 226 from other states.
The count of those infected through contact from the districts are Kozhikode 849, Thiruvananthapuram 842, Malappuram 741, Ernakulam 569, Thrissur 465, Alappuzha 407, Kollam 436, Kannur 352, Palakkad 340, Kottayam 338, Kasaragod 270, Pathanamthitta 144, Idukki 102 and Wayanad 94.
The numbers for the infected healthcare workers in the districts are Thiruvananthapuram 28, Kannur 19, Kasaragod 13, Malappuram 9, Thrissur 8, Ernakulam & Kozhikode 7 each, Pathanamthitta 6, Wayanad 4, Alappuzha 2 and Kollam & Palakkad 1 each.
The district-wise numbers of the patients who tested negative today are Thiruvananthapuram 296, Kollam 195, Pathanamthitta 99, Alappuzha 183, Kottayam 130, Idukki 61, Ernakulam 248, Thrissur 327, Palakkad 114, Malappuram 513, Kozhikode 308, Wayanad 105, Kannur 431 and Kasaragod 158. So far, 1,07,850 people have recovered from Coronavirus in the State.
There are a total of 2,12,318 people under observation in various districts of the state, 1,85,198 at their homes or institutional quarantine centres and 27,120 in hospitals. 3,341 people were admitted to the hospitals today.
Meanwhile, the number of tests being conducted has increased. 54,989 samples were analysed during the last 24 hours. Till now, a total of 26,00,359 samples have been sent for testing, including 1,99,390 samples from high exposure groups as part of Sentinel Surveillance.
22 new places were declared as hotspots today while 8 were exempted. There are currently 654 hotspots in Kerala.