Total 1,231 patients under treatment
People in quarantine crosses 2 lakhs
10 new hotspots, total 158
Thiruvananthapuram, June 09: 91 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in Kerala today, as per the Minister for Health & Social Justice, Smt K K Shailaja.
14 persons in Palakkad district, 11 from Alappuzha district, 10 in Thiruvananthapuram district, eight from Kottayam district, seven each in Pathanamthitta and Kozhikode districts, six each from Thrissur, Malappuram and Wayanad districts, five each from Kollam and Kannur districts, four in Ernakulam district and two from Kasargod district are those who have tested positive with infection.
Of the confirmed cases, 53 people have come back from abroad (UAE-30, Kuwait-10, Tajikistan-4, Nigeria-4, Russia-3 & Saudi Arabia-2) and 27 are returnees from other states (Maharashtra-14, Tamil Nadu-5 , Delhi-5, Karnataka-2, Andhra Pradesh-1). 10 persons have got infected through primary contact – four in Palakkad district, three from Thrissur district, two in Malappuram district and one from Kannur district. A health worker from Thiruvananthapuram district has also contracted the disease.
In the meantime, the test results of 34 patients who were undergoing treatment for Coronavirus were negative today. 12 patients in Thiruvananthapuram district (including a native of Kollam), six from Pathanamthitta district, four each in Thrissur and Kozhikode districts (including a native of Wayanad district), two each from Kollam, Alappuzha and Kottayam districts, and one each in Idukki and Ernakulam districts, are those who were cured of the disease. So far, 848 patients have recovered from Covid and presently, 1,231 are under treatment in the State.
For the first time, the number of people under quarantine has crossed 2 lakhs. As on today, a total of 2,04,153 people are under observation in various districts of the state. Of these, 2,02,240 are under surveillance in home or institutional quarantine and 1,913 are in isolation at hospitals. 269 persons were hospitalised today.
In the last 24 hours, 3,813 samples were sent for testing. So far, samples of 95,397 individuals (including the augmented samples) have been sent for testing and the results of 90,662 samples were negative. Apart from this, 22,855 samples were collected from priority groups, such as health workers, migrant labourers, people with high social contacts as part of Sentinel Surveillance and 21,230 samples were negative. Till now, a total of 1,26,088 samples have been tested, including 6,135 repeat samples.
10 new places were declared as hotspots today – four in Kasargod district and six in Thrissur district. There are currently 158 hotspots in Kerala.