34 health staff among1,242 new +ves; 11 deaths

Thiruvananthapuram: The state, on Monday, reported 1,242 positive cases taking the total number of active cases in the state to 59,504. With 11 more deaths, the number of Covid-19 fatalities have touched 235.

As many as 1,115 contact cases were reported among the new cases of which 34 are health care workers. In 95 cases, the source of infection has not been traced. Among the new cases, 39 had arrived from foreign countries and 88 from other states.

The deceased were Mohanan (71), Leela (60) and Isaac Sheikh (71) from Kasaragod, A M Mukundan (81) from Ernakulam, Ilyas (47) from Malappuram, Maria John (80) from Tirunelveli, Varadan (71) and Libis (70) from Thiruvananthapuram, Saramma (74) and Shaheer Kutty (50) from Kollam and T N Chandran (74) from Kottayam.

Among the new cases, Thiruvananthapuram accounted for 182 cases, followed by Malappuram (169), Ernakulam (165), Kasaragod (118), Kollam (112), Palakkad (99), Kottayam (89), Kozhikode (81), Kannur (76), Alappuzha (60), Thrissur (46), Wayanad (20), Idukki (19) and six in Pathanamthitta.

The district-wise details of those infected through contacts are 158 people in Thiruvananthapuram, 154 each in Malappuram and Ernakulam, 101 in Kasaragod, 94 in Kollam, 71 in Palakkad, 86 in Kottayam, 66 in Kozhikode, 65 in Kannur, 55 in Alappuzha, 42 in Thrissur, 18 in Wayanad, 11 in Idukki and six in Pathanamthitta.

So far, 38,887 people have recovered from the disease and 20,323 patients are currently under treatment in the state. There are a total of 1,83,448 people under observation in various districts of the state with 1,66,411 at their homes or institutional quarantine centres and 17,037 in hospitals. As many as 1,877 people were admitted to the hospital on Monday.

During the last 24 hours, 26,186 samples were analysed. So far, a total of 14,46,380 samples have been sent for testing, including 1,64,443 samples from high-risk groups as part of sentinel surveillance.