So far, 4,88,437 people recovered from the disease, while 66,856 patients are still under treatment in various hospitals across the state, Health Minister K K Shailaja said in a statement.

The minister also confirmed 25 more deaths on this day. The official death toll now stands at 2,022.

The district-wise statistics of positive cases are: Ernakulam – 797, Malappuram – 764, Kozhikode –710, Thrissur – 483, Palakkad – 478, Kollam – 464, Kottayam – 423, Thiruvananthapuram – 399, Alappuzha – 383, Pathanamthitta – 216, Kannur – 211, Idukki – 188, Wayanad – 152 and Kasaragod– 104.

Local transmission of COVID-19 continues to be on the higher side as 4,989 of the newly reported cases contracted the virus through contact. Of this, the infection sources of 639 are unknown, the minister said. Apart from this, 53 healthcare workers also contracted the virus.

The district-wise statistics of contact cases are: Ernakulam – 609, Malappuram – 733, Kozhikode –668, Thrissur – 464, Palakkad – 269, Kollam – 458, Kottayam – 419, Thiruvananthapuram – 271, Alappuzha – 375, Pathanamthitta – 165, Kannur – 166, Idukki – 160, Wayanad – 141 and Kasaragod– 91.

The district-wise recoveries are: Thiruvananthapuram – 609, Kollam – 681, Pathanamthitta – 167,Alappuzha – 919, Kottayam – 271, Idukki – 72, Ernakulam – 658, Thrissur – 680, Palakkad – 590, Malappuram – 740, Kozhikode – 622, Wayanad – 79, Kannur – 473 and Kasaragod – 158.

There are 66,856 active coronavirus cases in Kerala. As many as 3,18,079 are under observation. Among them, 3,01,749 are in home/institutional quarantine while 16,330 are in hospitals. 1,846 were admitted to hospitals on November 21.

Six new covid hotspots were identified in the state on Saturday while three regions were removed from the list. There are a total of 560 hotspots in the state.

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So far 66997 people recovered from the disease.

Local transmission of COVID-19, continues to rise as 1,495 of the newly reported cases contracted the virus through contact. Of this, the infection sources of 112 are unknown, the minister said.

Sixty one healthcare workers also contracted the virus.

Twenty nine people came from abroad, while 54 came from other states.

The minister also confirmed 12 more deaths on September 7, taking the official death toll to 359.

The district-wise statistics of positive cases are: 253 Thiruvananthapuram , One from Kollam, 24  from Pathnamthitta, 78 from Alappuzha, 154 from Kottayam, 4 from Idukki, 130  from Ernakulam, 128 from Thrissur, 118 from Palakkad, 187 from Malappuram, 103 from Kozhikode, 4 from Wayanad, 260 from Kannur and 134  from Kasaragod.

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