Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala reported 22,524 fresh cases and 49,586 recoveries from the infection on Monday.
Test Positivity Rate (TPR) dropped to 28.62% after 78,682 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.
Kerala's COVID-19 related death toll reached 59,115 after 14 recent deaths and 846 previously undocumented fatalities were made official by the health department.
Of the fresh cases, 21,033 had contracted the virus through contacts while the source of infection in 1,207 remains unknown and 170 healthcare workers were infected on the day.
The number of active cases in Kerala has dropped to 3,01,424 with 3.2 per cent of them in hospitals.
District-wise positive cases
Thiruvananthapuram 3493
Ernakulam 3490
Kottayam 2786
Kollam 2469
Thrissur 1780
Kozhikode 1612
Malappuram 1218
Alappuzha 1109
Pathanamthitta 1053
Kannur 1031
Palakkad 816
Idukki 737
Wayanad 617
Kasaragod 313
Vaccination and quarantine
Till Monday, 100 per cent (2,68,43,254) of the eligible adult population in Kerala has been given one dose of COVID-19 vaccine while 85 per cent (2,26,31,065) received both the doses. Among children aged between 15-18 years, 73 per cent (11,11,308) have been given the first dose vaccine and 5 per cent (70,402) got the second dose.
As of now, a total of 4,74,949 people are under observation across the state. Of them, 4,65,565 are under home or institutional quarantine while 9384 are in hospitals across the state. A total of 847 people were admitted in hospitals on Monday.
