Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala recorded it's highest single day spike of COVID-19 cases on Wednesday with 3,402 new infections. This is the third time that the state is registering a number past the 3000-mark.
While 2,058 patients were cured of COVID-19, 12 deaths were also recorded on Wednesday taking the official toll to 384, the Health department informed in a press statement.
Of the new cases, 3,120 contracted the disease through contact. The source of infection of 235 among them is unknown. As many as 46 infected persons came from abroad while 133 came from other states.
The state has reported 95,917 COVID-19 cases so far, out of which 70,921 persons recovered. The remaining 24,549 patients are being treated in various hospitals.
An alarming 88 health workers also tested positive in the state on Wednesday – 26 from Thiruvananthapuram, 23 from Kannur, eight from Kasaragod, six each from Ernakulam, Thrissur and Malappuram, five from Kozhikode, four from Kollam, two from Pathanamthitta, one each from Alappuzha and Palakkad.
District-wise breakup of today's contact cases:
Thiruvananthapuram 502
Kollam 348
Thrissur 315
Kozhikode 315
Ernakulam 254
Kasaragod 242
Alappuzha 213
Kannur 199
Kottayam 191
Malappuram 182
Pathanamthitta 153
Palakkad 113
Wayanad 72
Idukki 21
District-wise breakup of recoveries:
Thiruvananthapuram 613
Kollam 323
Pathanamthitta 116
Alappuzha 83
Kottayam 91
Idukki 24
Ernakulam 105
Thrissur 145
Palakkad 87
Malappuram 150
Kozhikode 88
Wayanad 25
Kannur 67
Kasaragod 141
From January 30, 2020, when the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in the state, it took 168 days, or five-and-a-half months to reach the 10K-mark on July 16. However, it took only 12 more days to cross the 20,000 tally. The numbers doubled to 40K on August 14. On September 4, the numbers soared past 80K.
Twelve more died of COVID-19 in Kerala on Wednesday. With this, the official toll has risen to 384 in the state. The deceased have been identified as Ahmed Rifai (65), Sreejith (21), Neelakanta Sharma (68), Shantha (70), Mohanan (70) and Floramma (76) from Thiruvananthapuram district; Rajan (40), Mariyumma (66), Hasainaar (61) and C A Hasainar (66) from Kasargod district, Devaki (97) from Thrissur district and Lilly (57) from Ernakulam district are the deceased. More deaths will be confirmed after further tests at NIV, Alappuzha.
Testing and quarantine
A total of 2,02,801 people are under observation in various districts. Of these, 1,83,921 are under home or institutional quarantine and 18,880 are in hospitals.
2,751 people were admitted in hospitals on Wednesday.
So far, 19,78,316 samples (including the augmented sample) have been sent for testing.
In addition, as part of Sentinel Surveillance, 1,85,821 samples were collected from priority groups, such as health workers, guest workers, social contacts.
In the last 24 hours alone, 45,949 samples were tested.
On Wednesday, 23 more regions have been converted into hotspots and 21 have been excluded from the list taking the total number of hotspots to 570 in the state.
