Kerala registers 5,610 new COVID-19 cases on Feb 5

With 5,610 coronavirus positive cases on Friday, Kerala continues to report the highest daily new cases in the country.

The total caseload has mounted to 9,56,421, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said during a press meet.

As many as 6,653 people have been cured of the infection, taking the total recoveries so far to 8,84,542. In the last 24 hours ending 2 pm, 91,931 samples were tested and the test positivity rate was 6.10 per cent. So far, 99,48,005 samples have been tested across various priority groups.

With 19 deaths being reported on Thursday, the state’s death toll has risen to 3,832.

Of the positive cases, 28 are health workers, 101 had come from outside the state and 5,131 had been infected through contact. The source of infection of 350 among them is unknown.

None of the UK returnee tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours. So far, 78 UK returnees tested positive for the virus infection. 62 of them have recovered. 10 among the patients have been identified with the mutant virus strain.

The district-wise statistics of positive cases: Ernakulam – 714, Kozhikode – 706, Malappuram – 605, Pathanamthitta – 521, Thrissur – 495, Kottayam – 458, Thiruvananthapuram – 444, Kollam – 391, Alappuzha – 310, Kannur – 253, Idukki – 232, Palakkad – 219, Wayanad – 163 and Kasaragod – 99.

The district-wise statistics of contact cases: Ernakulam – 687, Kozhikode – 688, Malappuram – 577, Pathanamthitta – 478, Thrissur – 485, Kottayam – 421, Thiruvananthapuram – 332, Kollam – 383, Alappuzha – 301, Kannur – 209, Idukki – 218, Palakkad – 108, Wayanad – 154 and Kasaragod – 90

The district-wise statistics of recoveries: Thiruvananthapuram – 416, Kollam – 781, Pathanamthitta – 467, Alappuzha – 594, Kottayam – 466, Idukki – 330, Ernakulam – 802, Thrissur – 494, Palakkad – 203, Malappuram – 538, Kozhikode – 809, Wayanad – 354, Kannur – 354 and Kasaragod – 45.

There are 2,15,653 people under observation in the state. Out of this, 2,04,693 are under home/ institutional quarantine and 10,960 people are in hospitals. 1,540 people were taken to hospitals on Friday.

Thirty four areas were added to the hotspot list on Friday while 2 regions were removed from the list. There are currently 425 hotspots in the state