6,316 new COVID cases in Kerala on December 2

Kerala reported 6,316 new COVID cases on December 2,said Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan during a press conference . With this the total number of active cases rose to 61,455.

Of the new cases, 5,539 have contracted the virus through contact. The infection source of 634 contact cases remain unknown.

Twenty-eight new COVID deaths were confirmed in the state. With this, COVID death toll in the state rose to 2,298.

Out of the new positive cases, 98 people came from outside the state.

As of now the total number of confirmed cases is at 6,14,63 in which 5,50,788 were recovered in the state.

The test positivity rate is 11.08.

The district wise distribution of positive cases are: Malappuram – 822, Kozhikode – 734, Ernakulam – 732, Thrissur – 655, Kottayam – 537, Thiruvananthapuram – 523, Alappuzha – 437, Palakkad – 427, Kollam – 366, Pathanamthitta – 299, Wayanad – 275, Kannur – 201, Idukki – 200 and Kasaragod – 108.

The district wise statistics of contact cases are: Malappuram – 764, Kozhikode – 688, Ernakulam – 585, Thrissur – 697, Kottayam – 537, Thiruvananthapuram – 371, Alappuzha – 430, Palakkad – 269, Kollam – 358, Pathanamthitta – 220, Wayanad – 261, Kannur – 165, Idukki – 152 and Kasaragod – 102.

Forty five health workers tested COVID positive on Wednesday. The district wise cases of COVID positive health workers are: Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode – 6 each, Pathanamthitta, Ernakulam, Palakkad and Kannur – 5 each, Malappuram – 4, Kollam and Thrissur – 3 each, Kasaragod – 2 and Alappuzha – 1.

56,993 samples were tested in the last 24 hours. So far, 63,78,278 samples were tested in different priority groups.

3,09,280 people are under observation across various districts in the state. Out of this, 2,94,018 people are in home/institutional quarantine and 15,262 people are in hospitals. 1,716 people were taken to hospitals on Dec 2.

Four new hotspots were identified in the state on December 2 while 26 areas were removed from the list. In total, there are 479 hotspots in Kerala.