7,469 recover from COVID-19 in Kerala on Oct. 19; 5,022 new cases

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said that 5,022 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Kerala today. Of these, 4,257 people were infected through contact and the infection source for 647 was unknown. There are 59 healthcare workers among those infected. At the same time, 7,469 patients have recovered today from Coronavirus infection.

Twenty-one deaths were confirmed on the day taking the COVID related death toll in the State to 1,182. The deceased are Ramabhai (54), Indira Devi (66) and Snehalatha Devi (53) from Thiruvananthapuram district, Rahmat (64) and Sivaprasad (70) from Kollam district; Khadeeja (74), Lakshmi (77), Prakashan (75), C S Benny (53) and P.S. Hamsa (86) from Ernakulam district; Omana (63), Kadar Khaji (86) and Abdul Khader (67) from Thrissur district, Aishakutty (72) and Mariumma (55) from Malappuram district, Aboobacker (65), Yaseer Arafat (35), Ramakrishnan (73) and Shyamala (73) from Kozhikode district, Claramma Joy (63) from Kannur district, and T.K. Soman (63) from Kasaragod district.

The district-wise figures for the new positive cases were Malappuram 910, Kozhikode 772, Ernakulam 598, Thrissur 533, Thiruvananthapuram 516, Kollam 378, Alappuzha 340, Kannur 293, Palakkad 271, Kottayam 180, Kasargod 120, Wayanad 51, Pathanamthitta 32 and Idukki 28. Of those diagnosed, 59 have travelled to Kerala from outside the State.

The count of the locally transmitted cases from the districts were Malappuram 862, Kozhikode 669, Ernakulam 398, Thrissur 518, Thiruvananthapuram 357, Kollam 373, Alappuzha 333, Kannur 279, Palakkad 121, Kottayam 155, Kasargod 101, Wayanad 50, Pathanamthitta 30 and Idukki 11.

The number of infected healthcare workers from the districts was Kozhikode 14, Thiruvananthapuram 12, Thrissur & Malappuram 8 each, Kasaragod 6, Ernakulam 4, Kannur 3, Kottayam 2, and Kollam & Wayanad 1 each.

The district-wise tally of patients who tested negative on the day were Thiruvananthapuram 1,670, Kollam 627, Pathanamthitta 182, Alappuzha 338, Kottayam 200, Idukki 53, Ernakulam 978, Thrissur 1,261, Palakkad 347, Malappuram 298, Kozhikode 1,022, Wayanad 128, Kannur 72 and Kasaragod 293.

So far 2,52,868 people have recovered from COVID in the State and at present, there are 92,731 patients still undergoing treatment in various districts.

There are a total of 2,77,291 persons under observation across the State, 2,53,482 under home or institutional quarantine and 23,809 in isolation at hospitals. 2,395 people were admitted to the hospitals on the day. A total of 36,599 samples were tested in the last 24 hours. Till now, 39,75,798 samples have been sent for testing in total.

There are 636 hotspots in Kerala now as six were declared as hotspots while seven areas were excluded.