Total 95, 918 patients under treatment
66,228 tests in last 24 hours
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 10: Chief Minister, Shri Pinarayi Vijayan has informed that 11,755 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in Kerala today and at present, there are 95,918 patients undergoing treatment for the same. 10,471 are cases of infection through contact and the source of infection was unknown in 952 cases. There are 116 healthcare workers among those infected. At the same time, 7,570 patients have recovered today from Coronavirus infection in the State.
23 deaths were confirmed today as due to Covid. The deceased are Aisha Beevi (51), S P Nathan (79), Abdul Hasan Hameed (70), Parukutty (82), Sainulabdeen (60), Peter (63), Mohammad Shanavas (47), Krishnamma (76) & Sumathi (61) from Thiruvananthapuram district; Vijayan (76) & George Kutty (53) from Kollam district; Josy (77), Nabeesa (78), Pathumma Ali (86), K P Prakashan (64), K G Thomas (64), M K Muhammad (97), Satyabhama (55) & Sheela Peter (67) from Ernakulam district, Papayamma (50) from Palakkad district, Beeru (65) from Malappuram district, and Priyesh (39) & Aboobacker (85) from Kannur district. This takes the Covid related deaths in the State to 978.
The district-wise figures for those who tested positive today are Malappuram 1,632, Kozhikode 1,324, Thiruvananthapuram 1,310, Thrissur 1,208, Ernakulam 1,191, Kollam 1,107, Alappuzha 843, Kannur 727, Palakkad 677, Kasargod 539, Kottayam 523, Pathanamthitta 348, Wayanad 187 and Idukki 139. Of those diagnosed, 40 have come back from foreign countries and 169 from other states.
The numbers of the locally transmitted cases from the districts are Malappuram 1,580, Kozhikode 1,249, Thiruvananthapuram 1,062, Thrissur 1,208, Ernakulam 979, Kollam 1083, Alappuzha 825, Kannur 542, Palakkad 383, Kasaragod 516, Kottayam 515, Pathanamthitta 270, Wayanad 176 and Idukki 83.
The count of the infected healthcare workers from the districts are Kannur 25, Thiruvananthapuram 20, Kozhikode 19, Ernakulam 14, Kollam 10, Alappuzha 8, Malappuram 7, Kottayam 5, Pathanamthitta 4, Wayanad 2, and Palakkad & Kasaragod 1 each.
The district-wise tally of the patients who tested negative today are Thiruvananthapuram 905, Kollam 1,022, Pathanamthitta 209, Alappuzha 526, Kottayam 173, Idukki 57, Ernakulam 983, Thrissur 510, Palakkad 396, Malappuram 1,061, Kozhikode 965, Wayanad 130, Kannur 337 and Kasaragod 296. So far, 1,82,874 people have recovered from Covid in the State.
There are a total of 2,80,387 persons under isolation in various districts of the state, 2,51,714 at their homes or institutional quarantine centres and 28,673 in hospitals. 3,888 people were admitted to the hospitals today.
66,228 samples were tested during the last 24 hours. Till now, a total of 34,38,678 samples have been sent for testing, including 2,12,688 samples from high public exposure groups as part of Sentinel Surveillance.
11 new places were demarcated as hotspots today while 40 areas were excluded. There are currently 665 hotspots in Kerala.