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968 contact cases among 1,083 new patients in Kerala

The state on Tuesday recorded 1,083 Covid-19 positive cases and 1... Read More
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state on Tuesday recorded 1,083

Covid-19 positive cases

and 1,021 recoveries. The total number of cases reported till date has climbed to 27,956, of which 11,540 are active cases.

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Three more deaths were reported, taking the total toll to 88. Fifty-three-year-old Jayanandan of Thiruvananthapuram and 45-year-old Rajesh from Kozhikode, who died on Saturday and 69-year-old Gopi from Ernakulam, who died on Sunday, were tested positive on Tuesday.

Of the new cases reported, 51 people had come from abroad, 64 from other states and 968 are contact cases. The source of 71 positive cases remain unknown. Sixteen more healthcare workers, 35 Indo-Tibetan Border Police personnel, 11 KSE employees, and four INHS Coast Guard personnel were tested positive.

Of the positive cases, 242 are from Thiruvananthapuram, followed by Ernakulam (135), Malappuram (131), Alappuzha (126), Kozhikode (97), Kasaragod (91), Thrissur (72), Palakkad (50), Kannur (37), Pathanamthitta (32), Kollam (30), Kottayam (23) and Wayanad (17).

In the last 24 hours, 20,087 samples have been tested. Till date 4,09,095 samples (including repeat, augmented and private lab samples) have been sent for testing, out of which results of 7,595 are pending. Apart from the above, 1,28,962 samples were taken from priority groups like healthcare workers, persons with high social exposure, workers, etc. as part of sentinel surveillance, of which 1,522 results are pending.

As many as 1,45,062 persons are placed under surveillance, of which 1,34,140 are under home or institutional quarantine while 10,922 are admitted to designated isolation facilities.
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At present, the state capital has 3,354 active cases followed by 1,135 cases in Ernakulam, 985 cases in Malappuram, 871 in Kasaragod, 833 in Kozhikode and 806 in Alappuzha.

Among the contact cases reported in the day, 237 are from Thiruvananthapuram and the rest are from Ernakulam (122) , Malappuram (118), Kasaragod (85), Kozhikode (78), Alappuzha (75), Thrissur (55), Kannur (29), Kollam (25), Palakkad (23), Kottayam (22), Pathanamthitta (17) and Wayanad (16).

As many as 310 patients from Thiruvananthapuram alone tested negative and the rest are from Kottayam (107), Kannur (103), Malappuram (94), Pathanamthitta (62), Palakkad (56), Alappuzha (55), Ernakulam (49), Thrissur (45), Kozhikode (44), Kollam (36), Idukki (26), Kasaragod (25) and Wayanad (9).


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