Our Correspondent
COVID-19 has been confirmed for 5,457 people in Kerala on October 27. Outbreaks were reported in Thrissur 730, Ernakulam 716, Malappuram 706, Alappuzha 647, Kozhikode 597, Thiruvananthapuram 413, Kottayam 395, Palakkad 337, Kollam 329, Kannur 258, Pathanamthitta 112, Wayanad 103, Kasaragod 65 and Idukki 49.
Twenty-four deaths have been confirmed as due to COVID-19. Abdul Rahim (80) from Nettayam, Thiruvananthapuram, Sreekumar (60) from Anand, Manikandan (42) from Neyyattinkara, Ramachandran (84) from Neendakara, Kollam, Valsala (70) from Neendakara, Haridas (75) from Punthalathazham, Thankamani (55) from Thodupuzha, Idukki. Kamalam Kuttappan (78) from Perumbavoor, Ernakulam, TM Shamon (44) from Kumbalangi. Moideen (75) from Mulavur, KK Rajan (63) from Vengur, Kochu (62) from Chittilappally, Thrissur, Magi (46) from Chavakkad, Ramachandran (67) from Erumappetti, Babu (47) from Pariyaram, Jamal (56) from Kodungallur, Fathima (70) from Erumapetta, Khadeeja (65) from Kairadi, Palakkad, Yusuf (65) from Kunnapally, Malappuram, Vellan (80) from Koorachund, Kozhikode, Kamalakshi Amma (91) from Kuthiravattam, Padmanabhan (65) from Pariyaram, Kannur, and AP Aisha (71) from Narath and Sameera, 36, of Mulleriya, Kasaragod. This brought the total death toll to 1,376. Further deaths will be confirmed after NIV testing in Alappuzha.
Eighty-eight of those diagnosed with the disease were from outside the State. A total of 4,702 people were infected through contact. Contact source for 607 was not clear. Sixty workers were affected and the test results of 7,015 people who were diagnosed and treated were negative.
There were currently 2,83,150 people under surveillance in various districts of the state. Of these, 2,61,563 are under home/institutional quarantine and 21,587 in hospitals. A total of 2,339 people were admitted to hospitals on the day.
During the last 24 hours, 46,193 samples were tested. A total of 44,09,750 samples have so far been sent for testing, including routine samples, Airport Surveillance, Pooled Sentinel, CBNAT, Trunat, CLIA and Antigen Assay.
There were 10 new hotspots and four areas have been excluded from the hotspot. With this, there were a total of 688 hotspots.
