5,659 more people infected with COVID-19 in Kerala

COVID-19 has been confirmed for 5659 people in Kerala on January 27. The district-wise break-up of the number of infected are Ernakulam 879, Kozhikode 758, Kottayam 517, Kollam 483, Malappuram 404, Pathanamthitta 397, Alappuzha 360, Kannur 357, Thiruvananthapuram 353, Thrissur 336, Idukki 305, Wayanad 241, Palakkad 185 and Kasaragod 84.

COVID-19 has not been confirmed in the last 24 hours by anyone from the UK. COVID-19 has so far been confirmed by 71 people who recently came from the UK. Of these, 45 tested negative. A total of 10 people were diagnosed with the genetically modified virus.

A total of 51,130 samples were tested in the last 24 hours. The test positivity rate is 11.07. A total of 94,00,749 samples have so far been sent for testing, including LAMP and antigen testing.

It has been confirmed on January 27 that 20 deaths in the last few days were due to Kovid-19. This brings the total death toll to 3663. Further deaths will be confirmed after NIV testing in Alappuzha.

Seventy-seven of those diagnosed with the disease are from outside the State and 5,146 people were infected through contact. Contact source for 393 is not clear. The worst affected areas are Ernakulam 832, Kozhikode 734, Kottayam 460, Kollam 475, Malappuram 392, Pathanamthitta 350, Alappuzha 355, Kannur 270, Thiruvananthapuram 250, Thrissur 327, Idukki 293, Wayanad 232, Palakkad 99 and Kasaragod 77.

Forty-three health workers were affected by the disease. Kannur 23, Ernakulam 6, Kozhikode 4, Kollam 3, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad 2 each, Pathanamthitta, Palakkad and Kasaragod 1 each were affected by the disease.

The test results of 5,006 people who were diagnosed and treated were negative. Thiruvananthapuram 354, Kollam 195, Pathanamthitta 705, Alappuzha 299, Kottayam 288, Idukki 377, Ernakulam 739, Thrissur 428, Palakkad 175, Malappuram 530, Kozhikode 594, Wayanad 69, Kannur 206 and Kasaragod 47 were found to be negative today. With this, 72,234 people have been diagnosed with the disease and are still undergoing treatment. 8,29,452 have so far been freed from COVID-19.

There are currently 2,14,315 people under surveillance in various districts of the State. Of these, 2,02,196 are under home / institutional quarantine and 12,119 in hospitals. A total of 1269 people were admitted to the hospital.

There are four new hotspots. The new hotspots are Polpulli (Containment sub ward 13) in Palakkad district, Ayavana (sub ward 13) in Ernakulam district, Thiruvankulam (23) and Pattithara (4) in Palakkad district. No area is excluded from the hotspot list. There are currently a total of 406 hotspots.