1,358 patients under treatment
Thiruvananthapuram, June 18: 97 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in Kerala today while 89 patients who were undergoing treatment have recovered. Announcing these details, Chief Minister, Shri Pinarayi Vijayan also condoled the death of K P Sunil, a 28-year-old driver in the Excise Department in Kannur, after being infected with the virus.
Of the new active cases, 65 people have come back from other countries (Kuwait-25, UAE-17, Saudi Arabia-11, Qatar-7, Kazakhstan-3, Oman-1 & Bahrain-1), 29 from other states (Maharashtra-12, Delhi-7, Tamil Nadu-5, Haryana-2, Gujarat-2 & Orissa-1) and three from primary contact (two in Kollam district & one in Ernakulam district).
The district-wise details of those who tested positive are 14 persons from Palakkad district, 13 in Kollam district, 11 each from Kottayam and Pathanamthitta districts, nine in Alappuzha district, six each from Idukki, Ernakulam and Thrissur districts, five each in Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode districts, four each from Malappuram and Kannur districts, and three from Kasargod district.
Of the 89 patients who tested negative, 22 are from Thrissur district, 11 each in Palakkad and Kasargod districts, 10 from Alappuzha district, nine in Thiruvananthapuram district, eight from Kollam district, four each in Ernakulam and Kannur districts, three from Pathanamthitta district, two each in Kottayam, Malappuram and Wayanad districts, and one from Kozhikode district.
Till now, 2,794 persons have been confirmed with the disease in Kerala and presently, 1,358 patients are undergoing treatment in various hospitals in the State.
A total of 1,27,231 people are under observation across the state. Of these, 1,25,264 are under surveillance at their homes or institutional quarantine centres and 1,967 in Hospitals. 190 persons were admitted to hospitals today.
In the last 24 hours, 4,817 samples were analysed. So far, 1,69,035 samples have been sent for testing in total. 35,032 samples were tested as part of Sentinel Surveillance of high-risk groups and out of these, 33,386 samples were negative.
There is no new hotspot today. However, two places were excluded from the list bringing down the number of hotspots in the State to 108.