- Total 4,028 patients under treatment
- Seven new hotspots, total 223
Thiruvananthapuram, July 13: 449 new active cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in Kerala today while 162 patients under treatment for the same have recovered. Giving details, Chief Minister, Shri Pinarayi Vijayan said the situation today is similar to the last few days. Of the cases detected today, 140 are those who came back from abroad, 64 have arrived from other states and 144 are infected through contact. There are 18 cases where the source of infection is unknown. He also condoled the deaths of Thyagarajan, a 74-year-old in Kollam district and Aisha, a 64-year-old in Kannur district.
The district-wise figures of those who tested positive are 119 from Alappuzha, 63 in Thiruvananthapuram, 47 each from Pathanamthitta and Malappuram, 44 from Kannur, 33 in Kollam, 19 from Palakkad, 16 in Kozhikode, 15 from Ernakulam. 14 in Wayanad, 10 from Kottayam, nine each in Thrissur and Kasargod, and four from Idukki.
57 persons in Thiruvananthapuram district, 20 each from Kollam and Malappuram districts, 14 in Pathanamthitta district, nine from Kannur district, eight in Kozhikode district and five each from Alappuzha and Ernakulam districts, three in Kottayam district, two from Thrissur district and one in Idukki district, are those infected through contact.
Five health workers were also infected, two in Thiruvananthapuram district and one each in Malappuram, Kozhikode and Kasargod districts. In addition, 77 ITBP personnel in Alappuzha district, 10 DSC jawans and four fire force employees in Kannur district, and a BSF personnel and three KSE employees in Thrissur district were also infected.
28 patients from Malappuram district, 25 in Palakkad district, 20 from Kannur district, 16 in Wayanad district, 14 from Thrissur district, 12 each in Kottayam and Ernakulam districts, 10 from Kollam district, eight in Kozhikode district, seven from Alappuzha district, five in Kasaragod district, three from Thiruvananthapuram district and two in Pathanamthitta district are those whose test results were negative today.
Presently, 4,028 patients are undergoing treatment and so far, 4,259 patients have been cured of Coronavirus.
A total of 1,80,594 people are now under observation in various districts of the state. Of these, 1,76,218 are in home or institutional quarantine and 4,376 are in hospitals. 713 persons were admitted to the hospital today, the highest till date.
During the last 24 hours, 12,230 samples were tested. A total of 4,16,282 samples have been sent for testing so far, and out of these, the results of 5,407 samples are awaited. In addition, as part of Sentinel Surveillance, 74,676 samples were collected from high-risk groups and 78,002 samples were negative.
Seven new places were declared as hotspots and six were excluded. Now, there are 223 hotspots in the State.