Thiruvananthapuram, July 07: Chief Minister, Shri Pinarayi Vijayan has said that till yesterday, 2,384 persons who returned to Kerala from outside have tested positive for Covid-19. Of these, 1,489 were those who came back from abroad and 895 were from other states. (It may be noted that the total number of confirmed cases yesterday was 5,624.)

Giving details, the Chief Minister said, “Malappuram district accounted for the maximum number of 289 such positive cases in the State followed by 285 in Palakkad district and 261 in Kannur district. Wayanad and Idukki districts have the least number of 49 cases each. Covid was found in 2.84% of domestic arrivals (per 1,000 people) while it was 8.02% for international arrivals. The most number of 407positive cases came from Maharashtra, followed by 181 from Tamil Nadu and 136 from Delhi.”

Since lockdown, 4,99,529 people have come from outside Kerala to the State. Of these, 3,14,094 were from other states and 1,85,435 from overseas – 62.88% domestic arrivals and 37.12% international arrivals. Three were 3,40,996 men (68.26%) and 1,58,417 women (31.71%).

64.35% of domestic passengers came from Red Zone districts. Most of these came by road, 65.25%, 19.11% by flights, 14.8% by trains and the rest by ship. Malappuram district has the highest number of arrivals with 51,707 persons (16.46%) followed by 49,653 people in Kannur (15.8%) and 47,990 in Ernakulam (15.27%). Wayanad had the least with 12,652 people (4.02%).

More people came to Kerala from the neighbouring States, 97,570 persons from Tamil Nadu (31.06%) and 88,031 from Karnataka (28.02%) while 47,970 came from Maharashtra (15.27%). 74.35% came from these three states only.

Among international arrivals, the maximum number of 89,749 people came from the UAE (48.39%) followed by 25,132 from Saudi Arabia (13.55%) and 20,285 from Qatar (10.93%). 2,553 persons (0.51%) who came back from outside Kerala have been admitted to hospitals.