Total 26,229 patients under treatment
33 new hotspots, total 594
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 10: Minister for Health, Smt K K Shailaja has informed that 3,349 new Covid-19 cases were reported in Kerala today even as 1,657 patients under treatment for the same have recovered. 3,058 people were infected through contact and the source of infection of 266 was unknown. 50 are returnees from foreign countries and 165 from other states. 72 healthcare workers were also infected with Coronavirus.
12 recent deaths in the State were confirmed as due to Covid taking the toll to 396. Baby (65) & Rajendran Nair (58) from Thiruvananthapuram district; Kunjipathu (69), Ummerkutty (62), Saydalikutty (85), Chinna (58), Mohammad Ashraf (63), Saleena (38) & Nabeesa (62) from Malappuram district, Sarasamma (68) from Alappuzha district, Benny Chakku (47) from Thrissur district and Mattummal Kunjabdullah (57) from Kasaragod district were the deceased. Further deaths will be confirmed after subsequent tests at NIV, Alappuzha.
The district-wise figures of the new active cases are Thiruvananthapuram 558, Malappuram 330, Thrissur 300, Kannur 276, Alappuzha 267, Kozhikode 261, Kollam 244, Ernakulam 227, Kottayam 217, Palakkad 194, Kasargod 140, Pathanamthitta 135, Idukki 105 and Wayanad 95.
The district-wise figures for the locally transmitted cases are Thiruvananthapuram 542, Malappuram 309, Thrissur 278, Kozhikode 252, Kannur 243, Alappuzha 240, Kollam 232, Kottayam 210, Ernakulam 207, Palakkad 152, Kasaragod 137, Pathanamthitta 101, Wayanad 89 and Idukki 66.
The details of the infected healthcare workers are Kannur district 18, Thrissur district 13, Thiruvananthapuram district 12, Ernakulam district 11, Kollam district 9, Malappuram district 3, Pathanamthitta district 2; Alappuzha, Palakkad, Wayanad and Kasaragod districts one each. Four INHS personnel in Ernakulam district were among those infected.
The district-wise numbers of patients who tested negative today are Thiruvananthapuram 483, Kollam 103, Pathanamthitta 53, Alappuzha 87, Kottayam 106, Idukki 15, Ernakulam 116, Thrissur 83, Palakkad 33, Malappuram 119, Kozhikode 178, Wayanad 10, Kannur 144 and Kasargod 127.
At present, 26,229 patients are undergoing treatment for the disease while 72,578 persons have so far been cured of Covid in the State.
There are currently a total of 2,04,376 people under quarantine across the state, 1,84,128 under home or institutional quarantine and 20,248 in hospitals. 2,691 persons were hospitalised today.
40,014 samples were tested during the last 24 hours. Till now, a total of 20,18,921 samples have been sent for testing, including 1,86,612 samples from priority groups as part of Sentinel Surveillance.
33 new places were demarcated as hotspots today and nine were exempted. Presently there are 594 hotspots in Kerala.