Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala recorded 23,676 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, pushing the total cases reported from the state to 34,49,149.
With 148 deaths being reported on Tuesday, the state's death toll has risen to 17,103.
As many as 15,626 people were cured of the infection, taking the total recoveries to 32,58,310. So far, 2,77,15,059 samples (including the augmented sample) have been sent for testing.
The active cases touched 1,73,221, Health Minister Veena George said in a press release. The caseload remained above 1-lakh for the past 33 days.
In the last 24 hours, 1,99,456 samples were tested and the test positivity rate was 11.87 per cent.
Of the positive cases, 114 were health workers, while 105 had come from outside the state and 22,530 infected through contact. The source of infection of 927 among them is unknown.
Meanwhile, Kerala Government Medical Officers' Association on Tuesday urged the Left government to strictly implement contact tracing and 17 days quarantine for coronavirus infected persons and impose restrictions in specific micro-containment zones to bring down COVID-19 cases.
District-wise breakup of today's positive cases:
Malappuram- 4276
Thrissur -2908
Ernakulam- 2702
Kozhikode- 2416
Palakkad-2223
Kollam-1836
Alappuzha-1261
Kottayam-1241
Kannur-1180
Thiruvananthapuram-1133
Kasaragod-789
Wayanad-787
Pathanamthitta-584
Idukki-340
District-wise breakup of recoveries:
Thiruvananthapuram -797
Kollam -1199
Pathanamthitta-451
Alappuzha-730
Kottayam-877
Idukki-299
Ernakulam-2000
Thrissur-2293
Palakkad-1014
Malappuram-2277
Kozhikode-1864
Wayanad -394
Kannur- 748
Kasaragod 683
A total of 4,66,154 people are under observation in various districts. Of these, 4,37,296 are under home or institutional quarantine and 28,858 are in hospitals.
2,456 people were admitted in hospitals on Tuesday.
There are 678 areas in the state with a TPR of above 10 per cent, the release said.
