Kerala has recorded a total of new 118 positive cases – the biggest single day figure so far, while 96 people have turned negative. With this, the state’s total Covid tally has risen to 2910, with 1380 active cases, while 1,509 have recovered so far from the disease. Amongst those who have turned positive today, 67 are from overseas. 45 came from other states, while 6 got the disease through transmission
Right now, the total number of people under observation in the state has touched 1,32,569. 1,30,655 are under home quarantine, while 1914 are under institutional quarantine. The number of new Covid cases in the state, with the district wise break up is as follows,
Kasargode – 4
Kannur – 7+1
Wayanad – 3+1
Kozhikode – 6
Malappuram – 18
Palakkad – 10
Thrissur – 1
Ernakulam – 11
Idukki – 2
Kottayam – 6+1
Alappuzha – 13
Pathanamthitta – 9
Kollam – 17
Thiruvananthapuram – 5+3
People who have turned negative
Kannur – 21
Malappuram – 15
Kollam – 14
Palakkad – 14
Thrissur – 12
Kottayam – 7
Alappuzha – 4
Thiruvananthapuram – 3
Kozhikode – 3
Kasargode – 3
Positive cases who came from overseas
Kuwait – 35
UAE – 14
Saudi Arabia – 10
Oman – 3
Russia – 2
Qatar – 1
Tajikistan – 1
Kazakhstan – 1
Positive cases who came from other districts
Maharashtra – 16
Delhi – 9
Tamil Nadu – 8
Karnataka – 5
Assam – 2
Haryana – 2
Andhra Pradesh – 2
Telangana – 1
Today, Kerala has tested a total of 4,889 samples. 1,73,729 samples have been tested by Kerala till date. Results of 3,186 samples are yet to come. Today, a total of 197 people are admitted to hospitals. Kerala, right now, has a total of 112 hotspots. Newly added hotspots – Chapparappadav, Irikkur, Kankol, Alappadamb, Keezhallur, Madayi, Ramanthali, Padiyur (All from Kannur). Hotspots which are removed from the list – Kutyattur, Mayyil, and Patyam (All from Kannur).