Total 20,330 patients under treatment
23 new hotspots, total 622
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 23: 1,908 new active cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in Kerala today while 1,110 patients under treatment for the same have recovered. According to the Minister for Health, Smt K K Shailaja 1,718 people were infected through contact and the source of infection in 160 cases was unknown. 35 of those diagnosed today are returnees from foreign countries and 105 from other states. 50 healthcare workers are also infected by the disease.
Five recent deaths in the State were confirmed today as due to Covid. Sisupalan (80) & Shanavas (49) from Thiruvananthapuram district, Damodaran (80) from Kozhikode district, Dinamani (75) from Kollam district, and Robert (75) from Alappuzha district are the deceased. This takes up the Covid related death toll to 223. Further deaths will be confirmed after tests at NIV, Alappuzha.
The district-wise figures of the positive case are 397 from Thiruvananthapuram district, 241 in Alappuzha district, 200 from Ernakulam district, 186 in Malappuram district, 143 from Kannur district, 133 in Kollam district, 119 from Kozhikode district, 116 in Thrissur district, 106 from Kottayam district, 104 in Pathanamthitta district, 85 from Kasaragod district, 39 in Palakkad district, 29 from Idukki district and 10 in Wayanad district.
The details of the contact cases are 367 in Thiruvananthapuram district, 223 from Alappuzha district, 178 in Ernakulam district, 171 from Malappuram district, 122 in Kollam district, 120 from Kannur district, 107 in Thrissur district, 104 from Kozhikode district, 103 in Kottayam district, 95 from Pathanamthitta district, 83 in Kasargod district, 31 from Palakkad district, 11 in Idukki district and three from Wayanad district.
There are 17 infected healthcare workers in Thiruvananthapuram district, nine in Ernakulam district, seven in Malappuram district, six in Kozhikode district, five in Kannur district and three each in Kollam and Thrissur districts.
The number of patients who tested negative today are 125 in Thiruvananthapuram district, 22 from Kollam district, 45 in Pathanamthitta district, 53 from Alappuzha district, 72 from Kottayam district, 19 in Idukki district, 171 from Ernakulam district, 70 in Thrissur district, 250 from Palakkad district, 100 in Malappuram district, 12 from Kozhikode district, 39 in Wayanad district, 88 from Kannur district and 44 in Kasaragod district.
Till now, 37,649 people have been cured of Covid and at present, 20,330 patients are undergoing treatment in the State.
1,82,525 people are under observation in various districts of the state, 1,65,996 under home or institutional quarantine and 16,529 in hospitals. 2,066 persons were hospitalised today.
36,353 samples were tested in the last 24 hours. So far, a total of 14,22,558 samples have been sent for testing, including 1,63,554 samples from high public exposure groups as part of Sentinel Surveillance.
23 new places were demarcated as hotspots today even as 17 were exempted. There are presently 622 hotspots in Kerala.