1,083 confirmed with COVID-19 on Aug. 4; 1,021 cured

COVID-19 has been confirmed for 1,083 people in Kerala on August 4, while the test results of 1,021 patients turned negative. Fifty-one of those diagnosed with the disease arrived from foreign countries and 64 from other States. Nine hundred and two people were infected through contact. The source of contact of 71 of them is not known.

The district-wise of those infected are 242 in Thiruvananthapuram district, 135 in Ernakulam district, 131 in Malappuram district, 126 in Alappuzha district, 97 in Kozhikode district, 91 in Kasaragod district, 72 in Thrissur district, 50 in Palakkad district, 37 in Kannur district and 32 in Pathanamthitta district. Thirty people were diagnosed with the disease in Kollam district, 23 in Kottayam district and 17 in Wayanad district.

The test results of Jayanandan (53) from Kalliyoor, Thiruvananthapuram, Rajesh (45) from Peruvayal, Kozhikode and Gopi (69) from Kuttamassery, Ernakulam, who died on August 1, confirmed COVID-19 infection. This brings the total death toll to 87. Further deaths will be confirmed after.

Sixteen health workers have been diagnosed with the disease. Five health workers in Thiruvananthapuram district, four in Ernakulam district, three in Kozhikode district, two in Kasaragod district and one each in Wayanad and Kannur districts have been diagnosed with the disease.

Thirty-five ITBP jawans in Alappuzha district and 11 KSE staff in Thrissur district. Employees and 4 INHS employees in Ernakulam district were affected by the disease.

Now 11,540 are under treatment and 16,303 people were cured of the infection until August 4.

There are currently 1,45,062 people under surveillance in various districts of the state. Of those under surveillance, 1,34,140 are under home / institutional quarantine and 10,922 are in hospitals. A total of 1,241 people were admitted to the hospital on August 4.

A total of 20,087 samples were tested in the last 24 hours. So far, a total of 8,58,960 samples have been sent for testing, including routine samples, Airport Surveillance, Pluid Sentinel, CBNAT, Truenat, CLIA and Antigen Assay. Of these, 7,595 samples are yet to be tested. As part of the Sentinel Surveillance, 1,22,962 samples were collected from priority groups such as health workers, guest workers and people with greater social contact. The results of 1,522 are yet to come.

Thirteen new hotspots were included in the list of hotspots on August 4 and 10 areas were removed from the list.