Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala on Wednesday recorded 16,204 COVID-19 cases and 20,237 recoveries, taking the number of active cases to 1,39,064. The new cases were recorded after testing 1,15,022.
The Test Positivity Rate is at 14.09 per cent.
The death toll due to the disease rose to 10,437 in the state after confirming 156 more cases on Wednesday. Though more deaths were reported, the state is yet to ascertain them as COVID deaths. Tests are underway at the National Institute of Virology in Alappuzha.
Kerala has reported 26,74,166 COVID-19 cases so far. Of this, 25,24,248 recovered.
Of the new cases, 15,048 had contracted the virus through contact while 154 had come from outside the state. Among the contact cases, the source of infection of 928 is yet to be traced.
Among the new cases, there are 74 health workeers.
Here's the break-up of today's positive cases:
Ernakulam - 2,059 (contact cases - 1,972)
Kollam - 1,852 (1,841)
Thiruvananthapuram - 1,783 (1,670)
Malappuram - 1,744 (1,685)
Palakkad - 1,696 (1,024)
Thrissur - 1,447 (1,433)
Alappuzha - 1,280 (1,276)
Kozhikode - 1,240 (1,215)
Kottayam - 645 (619)
Kannur - 619 (563)
Pathanamthitta - 545 (529)
Kasaragod - 533 (519)
Idukki - 451 (425)
Wayanad - 310 (277)
Recoveries:
Malappuram - 4,590
Ernakulam - 2,538
Kollam - 2,505
Palakkad - 1,766
Thiruvananthapuram - 1,503
Kozhikode - 1,318
Alappuzha - 1,305
Thrissur - 1,212
Kottayam - 830
Kannur - 829
Pathanamthitta - 634
Idukki - 497
Kasaragod - 464
Wayanad - 246
Testing and Quarantine
Till Wednesday, 2,08,03,168 samples (including routine, airport surveillance, pooled sentinel, CBNAAT, TrueNAT, CLIA and antigen assay) were sent for testing.
A total of 5,92,079 people are under observation across the state. Of them, 5,59,683 are under home or institutional quarantine while 32,396 are in hospitals across the state. A total of 2,527 people were admitted in hospitals on the day.
The state has 889 hotspots as of Wednesday.
