Total 48,892 patients under treatment
56,057 tests in last 24 hours
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 25: Covid-19 was confirmed in 6,477 people in Kerala today as per the Minister for Health, Smt K K Shailaja. 6,131 are cases of local transmission with the contact source unknown in 713 cases. Of those diagnosed today, 58 are returnees from foreign countries and 198 from other states. 80 healthcare workers were among those infected.
Meanwhile, 22 recent deaths in the State were confirmed as due to Covid taking the death toll to 635. The deceased are George (69), Sadasivan (90) & Vavakunju (68) from Kollam district; Karunakaran (85), A N Mukundan (57), Jasmine Zakir (39) & Cleetus (82) from Alappuzha district; Jacob George (82), Akash (18), Manoj Stephen Thomas (57) & C J Joseph (65) from Kottayam district; Muhammad Suneer (45), P P Davis (65) & Chandrasekharan (90) from Thrissur district, Akbar Pasha (40) from Kozhikode district, Sainuddin (58) from Malappuram district; Rajesh (45), Kalamani (58), Vijayan (59), Thomas Cornelles (60) & Padmavathi (67) from Thiruvananthapuram district, and Delbin (50) from Pathanamthitta district.
The district-wise numbers for the positive cases are Thiruvananthapuram 814, Malappuram 784, Kozhikode 690, Ernakulam 655, Thrissur 607, Kollam 569, Alappuzha 551, Kannur & Palakkad 419 each, Kottayam 322, Kasaragod 268, Pathanamthitta 191, Idukki 114 and Wayanad 74.
The figures for those infected through contact from the districts are Thiruvananthapuram 794, Malappuram 753, Kozhikode 676, Ernakulam 619, Thrissur 596, Kollam 552, Alappuzha 516, Palakkad 396, Kannur 353, Kottayam 320, Kasargod 251, Pathanamthitta 143, Idukki 97 and Wayanad 65.
The numbers of infected healthcare workers from the districts are Kannur 19, Thiruvananthapuram 14, Ernakulam 9, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Thrissur & Kasaragod 6, Palakkad 5, and Alappuzha, Malappuram & Kozhikode 3 each. 10 INHS personnel in Ernakulam district were also infected by the disease.
The district-wise count of the patients who tested negative today are Thiruvananthapuram 411, Kollam 207, Pathanamthitta 120, Alappuzha 218, Kottayam 193, Idukki 69, Ernakulam 325, Thrissur 252, Palakkad 223, Malappuram 588, Kozhikode 472, Wayanad 79, Kannur 217 and Kasaragod 107.
So far, 1,11,331 people have cured of Covid in the State and at present, there are 48,892 patients undergoing treatment.
There are a total of 2,15,691 people under observation across the state, 1,88,265 under home or institutional quarantine and 27,426 in hospitals. 3,410 persons were hospitalised today.
At the same time, the number of tests being conducted in 24 hours has increased to 56,057. Till now, a total of 26,57,430 samples have been sent for testing, including 2,00,420 samples from priority groups as part of the Sentinel Surveillance.
12 new areas were demarcated as hotspots today while 14 places were excluded from the list. There are 652 hotspots in Kerala now.