Total 22,673 patients under treatment*
13 new hotspots, total 604
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 27: Chief Minister, Shri Pinarayi Vijayan has informed that 2,406 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in Kerala today while 2,067 patients under treatment for the same have recovered. 10 deaths were also reported in the State.
Of those diagnosed today, 2,175 people were infected through contact and source of infection of 193 was not traceable. 59 were those who came back from foreign countries and 121, from other states. 47 healthcare workers are also infected.
352 persons from Thiruvananthapuram district, 238 in Kozhikode district, 231 from Kasaragod district, 230 in Malappuram district, 195 from Palakkad district, 189 in Kottayam district, 176 from Kollam district, 172 in Alappuzha district, 167 from Pathanamthitta district, 162 in Thrissur district, 140 from Ernakulam district, 102 in Kannur district, 27 from Idukki district and 25 in Wayanad district are those who tested positive for Coronavirus today.
Shahjahan (67), Maheshwaran Assari (76), Vimalamma (83) & Xavier (50) from Thiruvananthapuram district; Mohammed Saheef (47), Sathyan (53) & Elikutty (64) from Kannur district, Mammy (70) from Kozhikode district, Divakaran (65) from Thrissur district, and Famina Sheriff (40) from Alappuzha district are the recently deceased who were confirmed to have Covid. This takes the Covid related death toll in the State to 267. Further deaths will be confirmed after tests at NIV, Alappuzha.
The district-wise numbers of local transmission are 331 in Thiruvananthapuram district, 215 from Kozhikode district, 217 each from Malappuram and Kasargod districts, 182 in Kottayam district, 151 from Palakkad district, 164 in Kollam district, 146 each from Alappuzha and Thrissur districts, 141 in Pathanamthitta district, 125 from Ernakulam district, 87 in Kannur district, 22 from Wayanad district and 21 in Idukki district.
13 healthcare workers in Thiruvananthapuram district, eight in Thrissur district, six each in Ernakulam and Kasaragod districts, five in Malappuram district, three in Alappuzha district, two each in Idukki and Kannur districts and one each in Palakkad and Wayanad districts were those infected. Four INHS personnel in Ernakulam District were also infected.
623 patients from Thiruvananthapuram district, 59 in Kollam district, 37 from Pathanamthitta district, 130 in Alappuzha district, 74 from Kottayam district, 28 in Idukki district, 90 from Ernakulam district, 95 in Thrissur district, 56 from Palakkad district, 538 in Malappuram district, 90 from Kozhikode district, 44 in Wayanad district, 119 from Kannur district and 84 in Kasaragod district are those who tested negative today.
So far, 43,761 people have been cured of Covid and at present, there are 22,673 patients still undergoing treatment in hospitals across the State.
There are a total of 1,93,925 people under observation in various districts of the state, 1,75,513 under home or institutional quarantine and 18,412 in hospitals. 2,465 persons were admitted to the hospital today.
In the last 24 hours, 37,873 samples were tested. Till now, a total of 15,64,783 samples have been sent for testing, including 1,71,641 samples from high exposure groups as part of Sentinel Surveillance.
There are 13 new hotspots while 14 were excluded from the list today, with a total of 604 hotspots in Kerala.