Total 9,371 patients under treatment
38 new hotspots, total 453
Thiruvananthapuram, July 24: 885 new active Covid-19 cases were confirmed in Kerala today while 968 patients were cured of the disease. Chief Minister, Shri Pinarayi Vijayan said the total count of confirmed cases in the State is 16,995. Of those diagnosed today, 724 are contact cases and the source of infection is unknown in 56 cases. 64 have arrived from overseas and 68 from other states. 24 healthcare workers were also infected. The Chief Minister also condoled four Covid deaths in the State.
The deceased have been identified as Murugan (46) of Thiruvananthapuram district, Khairunnisa (48) and Madhavan (68) from Kasaragod district and Mariamma (85) of Alappuzha district.
167 persons from Thiruvananthapuram district, 133 in Kollam district, 106 from Kasaragod district, 82 in Kozhikode district, 69 from Ernakulam district, 58 each in Palakkad and Malappuram districts, 50 from Kottayam district, 44 in Alappuzha district, 33 from Thrissur district, 29 in Idukki district, 23 from Pathanamthitta district, 18 in Kannur district and 15 from Wayanad district are those who tested positive for Coronavirus infection.
Those infected through contact are 156 in Thiruvananthapuram district, 123 from Kollam district, 97 in Kasaragod district, 78 from Kozhikode district, 60 in Ernakulam district, 47 from Kottayam district, 33 in Alappuzha district, 35 in Palakkad district, 33 from Malappuram district, 24 in Idukki district, 20 from Thrissur district, 13 in Pathanamthitta district, four from Wayanad district and one in Kannur district.
The infected health workers are 10 in Kannur district, five from Thiruvananthapuram district, three in Malappuram district, two from Wayanad district and one each in Kollam, Alappuzha, Ernakulam and Kasaragod districts. In addition, four Fire Force personnel and one KSE employee in Thrissur were also infected.
The district-wise figures of patients who tested negative are 151 from Ernakulam district, 108 in Kannur district, 101 from Thiruvananthapuram district, 96 in Idukki district, 81 from Pathanamthitta district, 74 in Kottayam district, 68 from Kasaragod district, 66 in Kozhikode district, 63 from Palakkad district, 54 in Kollam district, 49 from Alappuzha district, 24 in Malappuram district, 21 from Wayanad district and 12 in Thrissur district. So far, 7,564 patients have been cured of Covid in Kerala and presently, 9,371 are undergoing treatment.
1,56,767 people under surveillance in various districts of the state, 1,47,470 under observation at their homes or institutional quarantine centres and 9,297 in hospitals. 1,346 persons were hospitalised today.
25,160 samples were tested in the last 24 hours. A total of 6,35,272 samples have so far been sent for testing and the results of 9,185 samples are awaited. 1,09,635 samples were collected from priority groups as part of Sentinel Surveillance and of these, 1,05,433 samples were negative.
38 new places were declared as hotspots today and 16 were excluded from the list. The total number of hotspots in the State is now 453.