Total 18,673 patients under treatment
32 new hotspots, total 607
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 21: 1,983 new positive cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in Kerala today. According to the Minister of Health, Smt K K Shailaja, 1,777 persons were infected through contact and the source in 109 cases was unknown. 64 are those who arrived from abroad and 99 from other states. 35 healthcare workers were also infected by the virus. At the same time, 1,419 patients under treatment for Coronavirus have recovered today.
12 deaths in the State have been confirmed today as due to Covid. Sadanandan (62) from Alappuzha district, Krishnan (78) from Kannur district, Muhammed Kutty (78) from Ernakulam district, Ahmed Hamsa (69), Mullakoya Thangal (67), Mohammad Koya (55), P T Sulu (49) & Shine Babu (47) from Kozhikode district, and Aishamma (54), Indinkutty (71), Mohammad Iqbal (58) & Devaki Amma (94) from Malappuram district. The Covid related death toll is now 203. More deaths will be confirmed after further tests at NIV, Alappuzha.
The district-wise figures of the new active cases are 429 in Thiruvananthapuram district, 335 from Malappuram district, 165 in Ernakulam district, 158 from Kozhikode district, 155 in Alappuzha district, 136 from Kottayam district, 119 in Thrissur district, 105 from Kasargod district, 83 in Palakkad district, 82 from Kollam district, 78 each in Pathanamthitta and Kannur districts, 34 from Idukki district and 26 in Wayanad district.
The numbers of locally transmitted cases are 411 in Thiruvananthapuram district, 318 from Malappuram district, 146 in Kozhikode district, 144 from Ernakulam district, 127 in Kottayam district, 124 from Alappuzha district, 104 in Thrissur district, 95 from Kasaragod district, 77 in Kollam district, 72 from Kannur district, 68 in Pathanamthitta district, 60 from Palakkad district, 16 in Idukki district and 15 from Wayanad district.
The infected healthcare workers are 14 in Thiruvananthapuram district, six in Malappuram district, five in Thrissur district, four in Ernakulam district, two each in Kozhikode and Wayanad districts, and one each in Alappuzha and Palakkad districts. Seven INHS personnel in Ernakulam District and a DSC personnel in Kannur district are among those infected.
The district-wise details of the patients who tested negative today are 258 in Thiruvananthapuram district, 54 from Kollam district, 37 in Pathanamthitta district, 67 from Alappuzha district, 93 in Kottayam district, 18 from Idukki district, 89 in Ernakulam district, 55 from Thrissur district, 144 in Palakkad district, 319 from Malappuram district, 163 in Kozhikode district, 44 each from Wayanad and Kannur districts, and 34 in Kasaragod district.
So far, 35,247 persons have been cured of Covid in the State and presently, 18,673 patients are undergoing treatment in different hospital.
1,76,930 persons are under observation across the state, 1,61,790 at their homes or institutional quarantine centres and 15,140 in hospitals. 2,128 people were admitted to the hospital today.
35,825 samples were tested during the last 24 hours. Till now, a total of 13,49,071 samples have been sent for testing, including 1,58,528 samples from high exposure groups as part of Sentinel Surveillance.
There are 32 new hotspots even as eight places were excluded from the list. Currently, there are 607 hotspots in the State.