Today, the state received 91 new Covid cases. This is the first time in three days that the daily count in the state has dropped below three figure mark. The state also received 11 negative cases as well. A total of 88 cases are for those who came from; of these, 73 are from overseas. 15 came from other states, while 3 got the disease through transmission. 2 health workers from Thrissur turned positive through transmission. Incidentally, the state also witnessed 2 Covid deaths in the past 24 hours. Chalakkudy native Dini Chacko (41) and Engandiyur native Kumaran (87) succumbed to death.
With today’s report, the total number of cases in the state has risen to 1989. 814 were treated, while the state has got 1175 active cases right now. The number of new Covid cases in the state, with the district wise break up is as follows,
Kasargode – 8
Kannur – 4
Wayanad – 2
Kozhikode – 13
Malappuram – 14
Palakkad – 1
Thrissur – 27
Ernakulam – 3
Kottayam – 3
Alappuzha – 5
Pathanamthitta –3
Kollam – 5
Thiruvananthapuram – 3
Cases through transmission: Thrissur (3), Malappuram (2) and Palakkad (2), and Kollam (1) too recorded positive cases through transmission.
The number of people who came from overseas and turned Covid positive is as follows,
UAE – 42
Kuwait – 15
Oman – 5
Russia – 4
Nigeria – 1
Saudi Arabia – 1
Italy – 1
Jordan – 1
People who came from other states and turned Covid positive,
Maharashtra – 6
Tamil Nadu – 6
Delhi – 2
Karnataka – 1
People who have turned negative
Kasargode – 5
Palakkad – 2
Wayanad – 2
Kannur – 2
Kerala has tested a total of 3,827 samples during the past 24 hours. 6 more were added today and the total number of active hotspots in the state has reached 150. People who are under observation is in the state is 1,97,078.
The following are the new hotspots
Shornur
Moorkanad
Kuruva
Kalppakancheri
Edappal
Vattamkulam