Kerala reports 4698 new coronavirus cases on Dec 13

Kerala reported 4,698 new COVID cases and 5,258 recoveries on Dec 13. With this, the number of active cases in the state fell to 59,438. Of the new cases, 4,034 contracted the virus through contact while 93 had come from outside the state. The infection source of 528 remain unknown.

Twenty-nine COVID deaths were confirmed in the state. With this, COVID death toll rose to 2,623.

Malappuram, Kozhikode and Ernakulam reported the most cases – 649, 612 and 509 respectively.
The test positivity rate in the has fell to 10.13. Forty-three healthworkers too tested positive for the virus.

So far, 6,07,119 people have been cured of the virus in the state. There are currently 3,16,547 people under observation across the state. Of them, 3,03,150 are under home or institutional quarantine while 13,397 are in hospitals.

46,375 samples were tested in the last 24 hours. So far, 69,67,972 samples were tested in different priority groups