Kerala has marked yet another 100+ day with the state marking a total of 160 new positive cases. However, giving hope to the state’s fight against the pandemic, the number of samples that turned negative has reached all time high figure of 202. With this, the total number of covid cases in Kerala has reached 4,753, while the state’s total active cases have reached 2,088. A total of 2,638 people have recovered from the disease. Amongst those who have turned positive today, 106 are from overseas, while 40 came from other states
14 got the disease through transmission: Alappuzha – 5, Thiruvananthapuram and Ernakulam (4 each), Kottayam – 1
The district wise breakup figure of positive cases is all follows.
Pathanamthitta – 27
Malappuram – 24
Palakkad – 18
Alappuzha – 16
Kottayam – 9
Thiruvananthapuram – 9
Kollam – 9
Kannur – 9
Thrissur – 9
Ernakulam – 9
Idukki – 8
Kozhikode – 7
Kasargode – 5
Wayanad – 1
People who came from overseas and turned positive
UAE – 27
Kuwait – 21
Oman – 21
Qatar – 16
Saudi Arabia – 15
Bahrain – 4
Moldova – 1
Ivory Coast – 1
People who came from other states and turned positive
Delhi – 13
Maharashtra – 10
Tamil Nadu – 8
Karnataka – 6
Punjab – 1
Gujarat – 1
West Bengal – 1
Number of people who have turned negative
Malappuram – 57 (1 Palakkad native)
Palakkad – 53
Kasargode – 23
Thiruvananthapuram – 15
Kannur – 14 (8 Kasargode natives)
Idukki – 13
Ernakulam – 11 (1 Alappuzha native)
Thrissur – 8
Alappuzha – 7
Kottayam – 1
As of now, 1,78,099 people are under observation, with the number of institutional quarantine standing at 2,988. Today, Kerala has tested a total of 7,589 samples. Till date, Kerala has tested 2,46,799 samples, including the tests conducted among priority groups. Results of 4,722 samples are yet to come. Today, a total of 403 people are admitted to hospitals. Kerala, right now, has a total of 123 hotspots.