3,139 new cases & 1,855 recoveries today
Total 30,072 patients under treatment
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 13: 3,139 new positive cases of Covid-19 were detected in Kerala today. Of those diagnosed today, 2,921 people were infected through contact and the contact source of 251 was unknown. 36 are those who came back from foreign countries and 126 from other states. 56 healthcare workers were also infected. At the same time, 1,855 patients under treatment have recovered from Coronavirus infection.
14 recent deaths in the State were confirmed today as being caused by Covid taking the death toll to 439. The deceased are Thankappan (67) from Thrissur district; Krishnan (69), Leela (75), Ponnan Nadar (73), Ratnakumar (66), Glory (74), Wilfred (56), Sudhakaran (62) & Ramachandran (42) from Thiruvananthapuram district, Babu (55) & Omana Amma (71) from Kollam district, O A Mohanan (68) & Sulochana (62) from Ernakulam district and Chamaiyar (94) from Palakkad district. More deaths will be confirmed after further tests at NIV, Alappuzha.
The district-wise numbers of the new active cases are Thiruvananthapuram 412, Kozhikode 399, Malappuram 378, Ernakulam 326, Alappuzha 252, Kannur 234, Palakkad 233, Kollam 205, Kottayam 196, Thrissur 182, Kasaragod 124, Pathanamthitta 102, Wayanad 56 and Idukki 40.
The details of the locally transmitted cases district-wise are Thiruvananthapuram 395, Kozhikode 392, Malappuram 365, Ernakulam 298, Alappuzha 229, Palakkad 219, Kannur 207, Kottayam 191, Kollam 188, Thrissur 172, Kasargod 121, Pathanamthitta 75, Wayanad 51 and Idukki 18.
The numbers of infected healthcare workers from various districts are Thiruvananthapuram 16, Kannur 13, Thrissur 7, Ernakulam 6, Kollam and Malappuram 5 each, Alappuzha 2, Palakkad and Wayanad one each.
The district-wise figures of the patients who tested negative today are Thiruvananthapuram 291, Kollam 140, Pathanamthitta 191, Alappuzha 46, Kottayam 125, Idukki 20, Ernakulam 232, Thrissur 115, Palakkad 66, Malappuram 202, Kozhikode 128, Wayanad 33, Kannur 88 and Kasaragod 178.
At present, there are 30,072 patients under treatment for Covid in the State while a total of 77,703 people have so far been cured of this disease.
2,04,489 people under observation across the state, 1,81,850 at their homes or institutional quarantine centres and 22,639 in hospitals. 2,684 people were admitted to the hospitals today.
34,786 samples were tested during the last 24 hours. Till now, a total of 21,32,795 samples have been sent for testing, including 1,88,976 samples from priority groups as part of Sentinel Surveillance.
17 new places were declared as hotspots today as 13 were excluded. There are 607 hotspots in Kerala now.