Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala reported 8,511 new coronavirus positive cases after 64,789 tests on Friday. The state also registered 6,118 recoveries in the last 24 hours, the Health department informed in a press statement.
With 26 deaths being reported on Friday, the state's death toll has risen to 1281.
Of the new cases, 7,269 contracted the disease through contact. The source of infection of 1,012 among them is unknown. As many as 148 infected persons came from outside the state.
The state has reported 3,77,834 COVID-19 cases so far, out of which 2,80,793 persons recovered. The remaining 95,657 patients are undergoing treatment.
Kerala's Test Positivity Rate (TPR) was more than thrice the national average of 4 per cent on Thursday. However, the state has the country's lowest mortality rate.
Eighty-two health workers also tested positive in the state on Friday – 22 from Ernakulam, 15 from Kannur, 14 from Thiruvananthapuram, eight from Thrissur, six from Kozhikode, five each from Malappuram and Kasaragod, four from Pathanamthitta, two from Kottayam and one from Kollam.
Testing and quarantine
A total of 2,80,184 people are under observation in various districts. Of these, 2,57,404 are under home or institutional quarantine and 22,780 are in hospitals.
2770 people were admitted in hospitals on Friday.
So far, 42,12,611 samples (including the augmented sample) have been sent for testing.
On Friday, 12 more regions have been converted into hotspots and 14 have been excluded from the list taking the total number of hotspots to 616 in the state.
District-wise breakup of today's positive cases:
Malappuram - 1,375 (1,303 contact cases)
Thrissur - 1,020 (1,004)
Thiruvananthapuram - 890 (670)
Ernakulam - 874 (560)
Kozhikode - 751 (712)
Alappuzha - 716 (696)
Kollam - 671 (668)
Palakkad - 531 (239)
Kannur - 497 (418)
Kottayam - 426 (393)
Pathanamthitta - 285 (223)
Kasaragod - 189 (175)
Wayanad - 146 (133)
Idukki - 140 (75)
District-wise breakup of recoveries:
Malappuram – 324
Thrissur – 939
Thiruvananthapuram – 712
Ernakulam – 649
Kozhikode – 983
Alappuzha – 192
Kollam – 540
Palakkad – 239
Kannur – 538
Kottayam – 172
Pathanamthitta – 327
Kasaragod – 313
Wayanad – 113
Idukki – 77
