5, 051 people confirmed with COVID-19 in Kerala on Jan 7

COVID-19 has been confirmed for 5,051 people in Kerala on January 7. The district-wise break-up of the infected are Ernakulam 663, Kottayam 515, Pathanamthitta 514, Kozhikode 480, Malappuram 435, Alappuzha 432, Thrissur 432, Kollam 293, Thiruvananthapuram 284, Idukki 283, Wayanad 244, Palakkad 239, Kannur 151 and Kasaragod 86.
The infection was confirmed in the last 24 hours for four people from the UK. With this, COVID-19 has so far been confirmed by 47 people who recently arrived from the UK. Their samples have been sent to NIV Pune for further testing. A total of six people were diagnosed with the genetically modified virus.

During the last 24 hours, 60,613 samples were tested. The test positivity rate is 8.83. A total of 82,85,394 samples have so far been sent for testing, including LAMP and antigen testing.
Twenty-five deaths in the last few days have been confirmed due to COVID-19. This brings the total death toll to 3,234. Further deaths will be confirmed after NIV testing in Alappuzha.
Seventy-eight of those diagnosed with the disease are from outside the State and 4,489 people were infected through contact. The source of the 448 contact details is not clear. Ernakulam 596, Kottayam 480, Pathanamthitta 471, Kozhikode 450, Malappuram 417, Alappuzha 425, Thrissur 418, Kollam 284, Thiruvananthapuram 176, Idukki 263, Wayanad 232, Palakkad 82, Kannur 111 and Kasaragod 84 were affected by the disease.
Thirty-six health workers were affected. Ernakulam 7, Kozhikode 6, Kannur 5, Kollam, Thrissur 4 each, Thiruvananthapuram 3, Pathanamthitta, Wayanad 2 each, Idukki, Palakkad and Kasaragod 1 each.
The test results of 5,638 people who were diagnosed and treated were negative. Thiruvananthapuram 340, Kollam 270, Pathanamthitta 545, Alappuzha 485, Kottayam 349, Idukki 65, Ernakulam 1102, Thrissur 395, Palakkad 210, Malappuram 545, Kozhikode 517, Wayanad 256, Kannur 458 and Kasaragod 101 were found to be negative. With this, 64,445 people have been diagnosed with the disease and are still undergoing treatment. 7,28,060 have so far been freed from COVID-19

There are currently 1,93,370 people under surveillance in various districts of the State. Of these, 1,81,935 are under home / institutional quarantine and 11,435 in hospitals. A total of 1379 people were admitted to hospitals.
There are three new hotspots. The new hotspots are Pandalam Municipality (Cantonment Zone Sub Wards 31 and 32) in Pathanamthitta district, Ottapalam Municipality (27) and Puthupariyaram (11) in Palakkad district. Three areas were excluded from the hotspot list. With this, there are currently a total of 446 hotspots.