Today, Kerala has registered 272 new Covid positive cases. This also happened to be the biggest daily positive figure that the state has marked till date. The number of samples that turned negative stands at 111. With this, the total number of covid cases in Kerala has reached 5,894, while the state’s total active cases have reached 2,413. A total of 3,454 people have recovered from the disease. Amongst those who have turned positive today, 157 are from overseas, while 38 came from other states. However, in an alarming note, the positive cases through transmission have ticked a record figure till date – 68. As was informed by the CM, out of the total cases through transmission, the sources of 15 cases are yet to be figured out.
The district wise breakup figure of positive cases is all follows,
Malappuram – 63
Thiruvananthapuram – 54
Palakkad – 29
Kannur – 19
Alappuzha – 18
Kozhikode – 15
Wayanad – 15
Kasargode – 13
Pathanamthitta – 12
Kollam – 11
Thrissur – 10
Kottayam – 3
Idukki – 1
Number of people who have turned negative
Thiruvananthapuram – 3
Kollam – 6
Pathanamthitta – 19
Kottayam – 1
Ernakulam – 20
Idukki – 1
Thrissur – 6
Palakkad – 23
Malappuram – 10
Kozhikode – 6
Wayanad – 3
Kannur – 9
Right now, 1,86,576 people are under observation, with the number of institutional quarantine standing at 3,034. Today, Kerala has tested a total of 7,516 samples. Today, a total of 378 people have been admitted to hospitals. With the addition of 18 more hotspots, Kerala, right now, has a total of 169 hotspots.