Total 102 patients under treatment

Ten new hotspots today, total 80 hotspots

Thiruvananthapuram, May 01: Kerala Minister of Health & Social Justice, Smt K K Shailaja has informed that no new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in the State today. At the same time, nine patients under treatment for the Coronavirus infection have recovered. Four patients each from Kannur and Kasargod districts, and one in Ernakulam district are those who tested negative today. This takes the total number of recovered cases in Kerala to 392 even as 102 patients are under treatment in different hospitals in the State.

21,499 persons are still under surveillance across various districts, with 21,067 under observation at their homes and 432 under quarantine in hospitals. 106 people were admitted to hospitals today.

Till now, 27,150 samples from people with symptoms have been sent for testing and the results of 26,225 samples have come negative with no infection. As part of sentinel surveillance, 1,862 samples were collected separately from people in the high-risk group – healthcare workers, migrant labourers and those with higher public contacts, and tested. So far, 999 samples have tested negative. Further, as part of widespread checking, 3,128 samples were tested. 3,089 results were negative while there were four positive results which were announced earlier

Meanwhile, ten new places were declared as hotspots today – one place each in Kasargod and Malappuram districts, and eight in Thiruvananthapuram district. The total number of hotspots in the State has gone up to 80.