Total 23,658 patients under treatment
14 new hotspots, total 586
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 30: 2,154 new active cases of Covid-19 were detected in Kerala while 1,766 patients have recovered today as per the Minister for Health, Smt K K Shailaja. Of those diagnosed today, 1,962 were cases of local transmission and the source of infection in 174 cases were unknown. 49 are returnees from overseas and 110 from other states.
Seven recent deaths have been confirmed today as due to Covid taking the death toll in the State to 287. The deceased are Sanathan Das (49), a guest worker from West Bengal; Anandan (64) & Annamma (90) from Kannur district, Palayyan (64) from Thiruvananthapuram district, Ammini (63) from Thrissur district, Subair Muhammad Kunji (40) from Kasaragod district and Chandran (66) from Kozhikode district. More deaths will be confirmed after further tests at NIV, Alappuzha.
The details of the new positive cases are 310 persons in Thiruvananthapuram district, 304 from Kozhikode district, 231 in Ernakulam district, 223 from Kottayam district, 195 in Malappuram district, 159 from Kasaragod district, 151 each in Kollam and Thrissur districts, 133 from Pathanamthitta district. 112 in Kannur district, 92 from Alappuzha district, 45 in Palakkad district, 35 from Idukki district and 13 in Wayanad district.
Those infected through contact are 305 persons from Thiruvananthapuram district, 292 in Kozhikode district, 212 from Kottayam district, 202 in Ernakulam district, 184 from Malappuram district, 145 from Thrissur district, 142 in Kollam district, 139 from Kasaragod district, 107 in Pathanamthitta district, 90 from Kannur district, 88 in Alappuzha district, 26 from Palakkad district, 23 in Idukki district and seven from Wayanad district.
33 healthcare workers were also infected by Coronavirus. They are 11 in Ernakulam district, nine in Kannur district, four in Kasargod district, three each in Kollam and Malappuram districts, and one each in Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur and Palakkad districts.
161 patients in Thiruvananthapuram district, 53 from Kollam district, 132 in Pathanamthitta district, 258 from Alappuzha district, 72 in Kottayam district, 45 from Idukki district, 182 in Ernakulam district, 115 from Thrissur district, 64 in Palakkad district, 328 from Malappuram district, 110 in Kozhikode district, 22 from Wayanad district, 113 in Kannur district and 111 from Kasaragod district tested negative today.
49,849 people have so far been freed cured of Covid and at present, there are 23,658 patients undergoing treatment in hospitals across the State.
A total of 1,99,468 people are under quarantine in the state, 1,79,982 under observation in home or institutional quarantine centres and 19,486 in hospitals. 2,378 persons were admitted to the hospital today.
27,908 samples were tested during the last 24 hours. Till now, a total of 16,69,779 samples have been sent for testing, including 1,78,053 samples from priority groups as part of Sentinel Surveillance.
There are 14 new hotspots today while 18 places have been excluded. Currently, there are 586 hotspots in Kerala.