COVID-19 situation in Kerala continues to be grim

COVID-19 has been confirmed for 42,464 people in Kerala today. The worst affected districts are Ernakulam 6,506, Kozhikode 5,700, Malappuram 4,405, Thiruvananthapuram 3,969, Thrissur 3,587, Alappuzha 3,040, Palakkad 2,950, ​​Kottayam 2,865, Kollam 2,513, Kannur 2,418, Pathanamthitta 1,341, Kasaragod 1,158, Wayanad 1,056 and Idukki 956.

During the last 24 hours, 1,55,632 samples were tested. The test positivity rate is 27.28. A total of 1,66,16,470 samples have been tested so far, including LAMP and antigen testing.

One person from the UK confirmed COVID-19 within the last 24 hours. COVID-19 has recently been confirmed in 124 people from the UK (115), South Africa (? and Brazil (1), of whom 114 tested negative and a total of 11 were found to be genetically modified.

It has been confirmed today that 63 deaths in the last few days were due to COVID-19. This brings the total death toll to 5628.

Today, 265 of those diagnosed with the disease are from outside the State and  39,496 people were infected through contact. Contact source for 2,579 is not clear. The affected areas are Ernakulam 6,411, Kozhikode 5,578, Malappuram 4,181, Thiruvananthapuram 3,655, Thrissur 3,556, Alappuzha 3,029, Palakkad 1,263, Kottayam 2,638, Kollam 2,503, Kannur 2,199, Pathanamthitta 1,307, Kasaragod 1106, Wayanad 1,025 and Idukki 945.

124 health workers were affected by the disease. Kannur 39, Kasaragod 20, Thrissur 15, Palakkad 13, Wayanad 11, Pathanamthitta, Ernakulam 6 each, Thiruvananthapuram 5, Kollam, Kozhikode 3 each, Kottayam, Idukki and Malappuram 1 each were affected by the disease.

The test results of 27,152 people who were diagnosed and treated were negative. Thiruvananthapuram 2,389, Kollam 2,035, Pathanamthitta 903, Alappuzha 1,923, Kottayam 3,013, Idukki 228, Ernakulam 2,999, Thrissur 1,519, Palakkad 2,488, Malappuram 3,205, Kozhikode 3996, Wayanad 182, Kannur 2,083 and Kasaragod 189 were found to be negative today. With this, 3,90,906 people have been diagnosed with the disease and are still undergoing treatment. 13,89,515 people have so far been freed from COVID-19.

There are currently 8,18,411 people under surveillance in various districts of the state. Of these, 7,88,529 are under home / institutional quarantine and 29,882 are in hospitals. A total of 3,633 people were admitted to the hospital today.

Today there are eight new hotspots. No area is excluded from the hotspot. There are currently a total of 723 hotspots.