Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala recorded 13,658 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday after testing 1,40,727 samples, making the Test Positivity Rate drop to 9.71 per cent.
With this, the number of active patients in the state crossed one lakh again to reach 1,00,881.
On Wednesday, 11,808 more recovered from the infection, health Minister Veena George said in a press release.
With 142 more deaths being confirmed due to the disease, Kerala's death toll rose to 13,235. 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.
Of the new cases, 12,833 had contracted the virus through contact while 69 had come from outside the state. Among the contact cases, the source of infection of 689 is yet to be traced.
There are 67 health workers among the new cases.
The state has reported 29,24,165 COVID-19 cases so far. Of them, 28,09,587 recovered.
Here's the break-up of today's positive cases:
Malappuram - 1,610 (contact cases - 1,570)
Thrissur - 1,500 (1,489)
Thiruvananthapuram - 1,470 (1,359)
Ernakulam - 1,448 (1,418)
Palakkad - 1,273 (819)
Kozhikode - 1,254 (1,238)
Kollam - 1,245 (1,235)
Alappuzha - 833 (823)
Kasaragod - 709 (700)
Kannur - 634 (573)
Kottayam - 583 (543)
Pathanamthitta - 457 (445)
Wayanad - 372 (362)
Idukki - 270 (259)
Recoveries:
Kollam - 1,672
Thiruvananthapuram - 1,378
Ernakulam - 1,329
Thrissur - 1,176
Palakkad - 1,090
Malappuram - 1,045
Alappuzha - 787
Kozhikode - 785
Kannur - 612
Kottayam - 578
Pathanamthitta - 436
Kasaragod - 400
Idukki - 285
Wayanad - 235
Testing and quarantine
Till Wednesday, 2,30,73,669 samples (including routine, airport surveillance, pooled sentinel, CBNAAT, TrueNAT, CLIA and antigen assay) were sent for testing.
A total of 3,88,903 people are under observation across the state. Of them, 3,64,100 are under home or institutional quarantine while 24,803 are in hospitals across the state. A total of 2,234 people were admitted in hospitals on Wednesday.
There are 313 local bodies in the state where the TPR is lower than 8%. In 545 regions, TPR is between 8% and 16%, 152 regions under 16-24% TPR category, 24 regions where TPR is above 24%.
