Total 52,678 patients under treatment
Active cases cross 50,000 mark, 58,799 tests in last 24 hours

Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 26: 7,006 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in Kerala today while 3,199 patients have recovered. 6,668 are contact cases with the source of infection not traceable in 664 cases. Of those diagnosed today, 68 have come back from overseas and 177 from other states. 93 healthcare workers were among those infected.

Meanwhile, 21 recent deaths were confirmed today as being caused by Covid taking the death toll in the State to 656. The deceased are K Mohanan (60) & Anindran (45) from Thiruvananthapuram district, V George (73) from Pathanamthitta district; Saraswathi (83), Regia Beevi (54), K G Ravindranath (42) & K Giriraj (54) from Alappuzha district; Abhilash (43), Pappachan (71) & Dennis (52) from Ernakulam district, Manoj (45) & Riji (35) from Thrissur district; Muhammadkutty (64), Pathumuthu (75) & Abdu Rahman (51) from Malappuram district and Musthafa (55), Leela (71), Bharathan (57), Ahmed Kunji (69), Raju (69) & Ummer (70) from Kasargod district.

The district-wise figures for those who tested positive for Coronavirus today are Thiruvananthapuram 1,050, Malappuram 826, Ernakulam 729, Kozhikode 684, Thrissur 594, Kollam 589, Palakkad 547, Kannur 435, Alappuzha 414, Kottayam 389, Pathanamthitta 329, Kasargod 224, Idukki 107 and Wayanad 89.

The numbers for those infected through contact from the districts are Thiruvananthapuram 1,024, Malappuram 797, Ernakulam 702, Kozhikode 669, Thrissur 587, Kollam 571, Palakkad 531, Kannur 381, Alappuzha 404, Kottayam 382, Pathanamthitta 258, Kasaragod 196, Idukki 81 and Wayanad 85.

The district-wise numbers for the healthcare workers infected through contact are Thiruvananthapuram 22, Kannur 15, Ernakulam 12, Kasargod 11, Kollam 8; Pathanamthitta, Malappuram & Kozhikode 5, Thrissur 4, Alappuzha 3, Palakkad 2 and Wayanad 1.

The patients who tested negative from the districts are Thiruvananthapuram 373, Kollam 188, Pathanamthitta 149, Alappuzha 335, Kottayam 163, Idukki 64, Ernakulam 246, Thrissur 240, Palakkad 223, Malappuram 486, Kozhikode 414, Wayanad 94, Kannur 147 and Kasaragod 77.

Till now, 1,14,530 people have recovered from Covid in the State and at present, there are 52,678 patients undergoing treatment.

There are a total of 2,22,330 people under observation in various districts of the state, 1,94,447 at their homes or at institutional quarantine centres and 27,883 in hospitals. 3,446 persons were admitted to the hospitals today.

58,779 samples were tested during the last 24 hours. So far, a total of 27,17,040 samples have been sent for testing, including 2,00,971 samples from high public exposure groups as part of Sentinel Surveillance.

The number of hotspots in Kerala remains the same at 652 with 19 new places being declared as hotspots today while an equal number were excluded.