Total 63,802 active cases

61,269 tests in the last 24 hours

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 05: 5,615 new Covid-19 cases were reported in Kerala today. 5,037 persons including 44 healthcare personnel were infected through contact and the source of infection was unknown for 475. At the same time, 4,922 patients have recovered from the disease.

In the last 24 hours, Covid was also detected in two persons who recently came from the UK taking the number of such infected to 41. Their samples have been sent to NIV, Pune for further testing. Yesterday, six of them tested positive for the genetically modified virus.

Meanwhile, 24 deaths in the last few days were confirmed today as caused by Covid and the related death toll in the state is 3184 now.

61,269 samples were tested during the last 24 hours and the test positivity rate is 9.16%. A total of 81,60,890 samples have been sent for testing so far.

The numbers for those who tested positive today in the districts are Ernakulam 719, Kottayam 715, Pathanamthitta 665, Thrissur 616, Kollam 435, Kozhikode 426, Alappuzha 391, Thiruvananthapuram 388, Malappuram 385, Palakkad 259, Kannur 252, Wayanad 175, Idukki 131 and Kasaragod 58. Of those diagnosed with the disease, 59 have travelled to the state from outside.

The district-wise figures for the locally transmitted cases are Ernakulam 655, Kottayam 670, Pathanamthitta 602, Thrissur 603, Kollam 432, Kozhikode 399, Alappuzha 382, Thiruvananthapuram 271, Malappuram 360, Palakkad 110, Kannur 204, Wayanad 167, Idukki 126 and Kasargod 56.

The count of the infected healthcare workers from the districts are Pathanamthitta 8, Thrissur & Kozhikode 6 each, Ernakulam 5, Thiruvananthapuram & Kannur 4 each, Malappuram 3; Kollam, Wayanad & Kasaragod 2 each, and Kottayam & Palakkad 1 each.

The district-wise tally of the patients whose test results were negative today are Thiruvananthapuram 284, Kollam 283, Pathanamthitta 327, Alappuzha 304, Kottayam 707, Idukki 140, Ernakulam 401, Thrissur 520, Palakkad 251, Malappuram 495, Kozhikode 655, Wayanad 171, Kannur 341 and Kasargod 43.

At present, there are 63,802 patients undergoing treatment for Coronavirus infection in the State even as a total of 7,17,311 people have recovered from the disease till now.

There are 1,90,990 persons totally in isolation across the state – 1,79,868 under home or institutional quarantine and 11,122 in hospitals. 1,082 people were admitted to the hospitals today.

Four places were demarcated as new hotspots today while six areas were excluded. There are 445 hotspots in Kerala at this time.