Total 90,565 patients under treatment

53,981 sample tests in last 24 hours

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 30: Covid-19 was confirmed in 6,638 persons in Kerala today even as 7,828 patients have recovered from the disease. 5,789 were cases of local transmission and the contact source was unknown for 700. There were 64 medical staff among those infected.

Meanwhile, 28 recent deaths were confirmed as due to Covid taking the death toll in the State to 1,457. Subramanyam (61), Babu (72), Rajamma (90), Esther (78), Rukmini (58), Sushila (65) & Srinath (28) from Thiruvananthapuram district, Sanathanan (82) & Hamsakutty (81) from Kollam district, Biju K Nair (45) from Pathanamthitta district, Pareeth Rauthar (77) & Sarasamma from Kottayam district, Gopalakrishnan (65) from Alappuzha district, P K Ali (65) & Baby Varghese (57) from Ernakulam district; Prabhakaran (63), Umadevi (57) & Devassy (76) from Thrissur district; Pathumma (65), Aisha (84) & Aboobacker Siddique (43) from Malappuram district; Mallu (65), Kunjikannan (65), Radha (78), Abdu Rahman (78) & Balamani (59) from Kozhikode district, Fauzia (29) from Wayanad district, and Khadeeja (70) from Kannur district, were the deceased.

The district-wise figures for those who tested positive today for Coronavirus are Thrissur 1,096, Malappuram 761, Kozhikode 722, Ernakulam 674, Alappuzha 664, Thiruvananthapuram 587, Kollam 482, Palakkad 482, Kottayam 367, Kannur 341, Pathanamthitta 163, Kasaragod 133, Wayanad 90 and Idukki 76. Of those diagnosed, 85 have travelled to the State from outside.

The numbers for those infected through contact from the districts are Thrissur 1,080, Malappuram 723, Kozhikode 698, Ernakulam 457, Alappuzha 629, Thiruvananthapuram 460, Kollam 474, Palakkad 258, Kottayam 360, Kannur 251, Pathanamthitta 131, Kasaragod 129, Wayanad 84 and Idukki 55.

The count of the infected healthcare workers from the districts are Ernakulam 14, Kozhikode 13, Thiruvananthapuram 10, Kannur 8, Thrissur 7, Malappuram 4; Kollam, Pathanamthitta & Kottayam 2 each, and Alappuzha & Kasaragod 1 each.

The district-wise tally of patients who tested negative today are Thiruvananthapuram 715, Kollam 636, Pathanamthitta 145, Alappuzha 722, Kottayam 1,007, Idukki 105, Ernakulam 741, Thrissur 778, Palakkad 286, Malappuram 1,106, Kozhikode 959, Wayanad 109, Kannur 379 and Kasaragod 140.

There are 90,565 active patients undergoing treatment while a total of 3,32,994 people have so far recovered from Covid in the State.

There are 2,88,635 people under observation in various districts of the state, 2,66,953 under home or institutional quarantine and 21,682 in isolation at hospitals. 2,621 persons were hospitalised today.

53,981 samples were tested in the last 24 hours and till now, a total of 45,85,050 samples have been sent for testing.

There are six new hotspots while 10 areas have been excluded. At present, there are 690 hotspots in Kerala.

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