Total 80,818 patients under treatment
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 03: 7,834 new active cases of Covid-19 were reported in Kerala today while 4,476 patients under treatment have recovered. This is the highest single-day recoveries so far. Of those diagnosed today, 6,850 are cases of local transmission and the contact source for 648 was unknown. 49 are returnees from foreign countries and 187, from other states. 95 healthcare workers were also infected.
In the meantime, 22 recent deaths in the state were confirmed as caused by Covid taking the death toll to 813. The deceased were identified as Rajan (47), Moosa Kunju (72), Valsala (64), Raghunandan (60), Devarajan (56), Vasantha Kumari (73), Boniface Albert (68) & Moses (58) from Thiruvananthapuram district, K C George (75) from Idukki district, Abdu (64) from Thrissur district; Koyakutty (73), Jayaprakashini (70), Ashraf (49), Ahmed Koya (74) & Gangadharan (78) from Kozhikode district; Jose (56), P Sudhakaran (65), Ajesh Kumar (40), Sumathi (67), P V Chandran (68) & Bhaskaran (75) from Kannur district, and Mariyumma (67) from Kasargod district.
The district-wise figures for those who tested positive today for Coronavirus are Thiruvananthapuram 1,049, Malappuram 973, Kozhikode 941, Ernakulam 925, Thrissur 778, Alappuzha 633, Kollam 534, Palakkad 496, Kannur 423, Kottayam 342, Pathanamthitta 296, Kasaragod 257, Idukki 106 and Wayanad 81.
The numbers for those infected through contact from the districts are Thiruvananthapuram 836, Malappuram 903, Kozhikode 900, Ernakulam 759, Thrissur 771, Alappuzha 607, Kollam 531, Palakkad 342, Kannur 325, Kottayam 333, Pathanamthitta 178, Kasargod 236, Idukki 63 and Wayanad 66.
The count of the infected health workers from the districts are Thiruvananthapuram 24, Kannur 23, Pathanamthitta 11, Kozhikode 9, Ernakulam 8, Kasaragod 5, Palakkad & Malappuram 4 each, Kottayam 3, and Thrissur & Wayanad 2 each. Five INHS personnel in Ernakulam district were among those infected.
The district-wise numbers of the patients who tested negative today are Thiruvananthapuram 906, Kollam 284, Pathanamthitta 131, Alappuzha 486, Kottayam 202, Idukki 115, Ernakulam 402, Thrissur 420, Palakkad 186, Malappuram 641, Kozhikode 278, Wayanad 92, Kannur 204 and Kasaragod 129.
At present, there are 80,818 patients undergoing treatment while 1,39,620 people have so far been cured of Covid in the State.
There are currently a total of 2,51,286 people under observation in various districts of the state, 2,20,218 under home or institutional quarantine and 31,068 in hospitals. 3,425 persons were admitted to the hospitals today.
During the last 24 hours, 54,563 samples were tested. So far, a total of 31,04,878 samples have been sent for testing, including 2,07,429 samples from priority groups as part of Sentinel Surveillance.
32 new hotspots were declared today while 12 areas were excluded. There are presently 724 hotspots in Kerala.