1,366 patients under treatment
One new hotspot, 16 exempted, total 110
Thiruvananthapuram, June 16: 79 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in Kerala today as per the Minister for Health & Social Justice, Smt K K Shailaja.
15 persons from Malappuram district, 13 in Ernakulam district, seven each from Alappuzha, Thrissur and Kannur districts, six each in Pathanamthitta and Palakkad districts, four each from Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Kottayam and Kozhikode districts, and two in Kasargod district are those who tested positive for the disease.
Of the new cases, 47 people have come back from other countries (Kuwait-23, UAE-12, Qatar-5, Oman-3, Saudi Arabia-2, Bahrain-1 & Tajikistan-1) and 26 from other States (Maharashtra-13, Tamil Nadu-5, Delhi-3, West Bengal-2, Karnataka-1, Gujarat-1 & Odisha-1). Five persons have got infected through primary contact, two in Thiruvananthapuram district and one each in Malappuram, Kannur and Palakkad districts. In addition to this, a health worker in Pathanamthitta district has also been infected.
In the meantime, 60 patients who were under treatment for Coronavirus have tested negative today. 14 patients from Thiruvananthapuram District, nine in Palakkad District, eight from Kasargod District, seven in Malappuram district, five each from Alappuzha and Wayanad Districts, and four in Kottayam District, three each from Pathanamthitta and Thrissur districts, and one each in Ernakulam and Kannur districts are those who have recovered from the disease. So far, a total of 1,234 patients have been cured of Covid in Kerala and 1,366 are still under undergoing treatment for the disease.
1,22,143 people are currently under observation in various districts of the state. Of these, 1,20,157 are under surveillance in their home or institutional quarantine and 1,986 are isolated in hospitals. 210 persons were hospitalised today.
In the last 24 hours, 4,003 samples were tested. So far, samples of 1,18,893 individuals have been sent for testing and out of these, the results of 4,081 samples are expected. In addition to this, 32,534 samples were collected from priority groups such as health workers, guest workers, socially active people as part of Sentinel Surveillance, and 31,093 samples have been confirmed with no infection. Overall, 1,57,117 samples have been sent for testing.
One place in Thiruvananthapuram district was declared as a hotspot today in Kerala while 16 places have been removed from the list. As of now, there are 110 hotspots in the State.