COVID-19: 1,211 new positive cases in Kerala on Sunday, 970 recover

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala recorded 1,211 new COVID-19 cases and 970 recoveries on Sunday.

The state has reported 34,331 COVID-19 cases so far. Currently, 12,347 patients are under treatment for the disease and 21, 836 patients have recovered.

District-wise split up of positive cases

Thiruvananthapuram 292 (contact cases- 281)

Malappuram 170 (145)

Kottayam 139 (115)

Alappuzha 110 (99)

Kollam 106 (88)

Palakkad 78 (49)

Kozhikode 69 (56)

Kasaragod 56 (49)

Ernakulam 54 (48)

Kannur 41 (28)

Pathanamthitta 30 (13)

Wayanad 25 (24)

Thrissur 24 (17)

Idukki 17 (14)

Kasaragod native Abdul Khader, 67 and Ernakulam native KV Rafi, 64 who died on August 4 and 6 respectively have been tested COVID positive. With this, the death toll has risen to 108 in the state.

Out of the total cases confirmed on Sunday, 76 arrived from abroad and 78 from other states. Out of the 1,026 individuals who contracted the disease through contact, the source of infection remains unknown for 103.

Twenty-seven health workers (Thrissur-5, Kollam-4, Ernakulam-4, Kozhikode-4, Thiruvanathapuram-3, Palakkad-2, Kannur-2, one each in Malappuram, Wayanad and Kasaragod districts) were tested positive on Sunday.

An air crew from Malappuram district, 2 DSC workers from Kannur and one INHS worker from Ernakulam have also tested positive.

District-wise breakup of recoveries

Ernakulam: 138

Pathanamthitta: 116

Kasaragod: 115

Malappuram: 109

Thiruvananthapuram: 101

Palakkad: 80

Thrissur: 57

Kottayam: 56

Wayanad: 48

Kollam: 43

Alappuzha: 35

Idukki: 31

Kozhikode: 30

Kannur: 11

Out of the 1,49,357 people under observation in the state, 1,37,615 are under home/institutional quarantine and 11,742 are under observation in hospitals. A total of 1,278 people were admitted to hospitals on Sunday.

In the past 24 hours, 22,745 samples were sent for testing. A total of 9,84,208 were sent for testing so far and the test results of 4,989 samples are awaited.

From the 1,37,683 samples collected as part of the sentinel surveillance, results of 1,193 samples are awaited.

The government declared 34 new hotspots on Sunday and removed 8 from the existing list. The state currently has 524 hotspots.

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The single-day case count crossed 1000-mark eleven times before this in the state. From when the first case was confirmed in the state on January 30, 2020, it took 168 days, or five-and-a-half months to reach the 10k-mark on July 16. However, it took only 11 more days to cross 20,000 cases and just 9 more days to breach the 30,000 mark.

From the districts

Thiruvananthapuram accounts for almost one-third of the cases reported in the state on Sunday. The district reported 292 cases. Of them, 281 are cases of local transmission. Cases have been reported from across the district, though mostly in coastal areas.

Malappuram reported 170 more COVID cases. This is the second highest number of district-wise cases following Thiruvananthapuram's 292.

Of the 170 cases in Malappuram, 145 are cases of local transmission.

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