Total 1,691 patients under treatment
Thiruvananthapuram, June 24: Chief Minister, Shri Pinarayi Vijayan today informed that 152 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in Kerala today, the highest single-day tally so far, while 81 patients have recovered from the same.
98 of the new positive cases are those who came back to the State from abroad and 46 who arrived from other states. Eight have got infected through primary contact – three persons in Kannur district and one each in Kollam, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam and Thrissur districts.
The country-wise details of the new cases are Kuwait-49, UAE-22, Saudi Arabia-12, Oman-5, Qatar-4, Bahrain-2, Tajikistan-2, Malaysia-1 and Nigeria-1. The state-wise details are Delhi-15, West Bengal-12, Maharashtra-5, Tamil Nadu-5, Karnataka-4, Andhra Pradesh-3, Gujarat-1 and Goa-1.
The district-wise details of those who tested positive are 25 persons from Pathanamthitta district, 18 in Kollam district, 17 from Kannur district, 16 in Palakkad district, 15 each from Alappuzha and Thrissur districts, 10 in Malappuram district, eight from Ernakulam district, seven in Kottayam district, six from Idukki and Kasargod districts, four in Thiruvananthapuram district, three from Kozhikode district and two from Wayanad district.
35 patients from Kozhikode district, 13 in Alappuzha district, 10 from Kannur district, seven in Malappuram district, four each from Ernakulam and Thrissur districts, three in Kottayam district, two from Idukki district, and one each from Kollam, Pathanamthitta and Palakkad districts are those who tested negative while under treatment.
The total number of Covid cases confirmed in Kerala so far is 3,603 and 1,691 patients are still under treatment.
1,54,759 persons are currently being monitored in various districts of the state. Of these, 1,52,477 are under observation at their homes or institutional quarantine centres and 2,282 are in isolation wards at hospitals. 288 people were admitted to hospitals today.
4,941 samples were tested today. 1,48,827 samples have been sent for testing and the results of 4,005 samples are awaited. In addition, as part of Sentinel Surveillance, 40,537 samples were collected from priority groups and 39,113 samples were negative.
14 new places were declared as hotspots today even as 14 were excluded from the list. There are presently 111 hotspots in Kerala.