Thiruvananthapuram: For the fifth consecutive day, Kerala More than 20,000 fresh recorded COVID-19 Cases on Saturday, but saw a decline Death and fall in test positivity rate up to 12.31 percent.
The state had recorded 100 deaths on Friday, while the TPR stood at 13.61 per cent. On Saturday, Kerala reported 20,624 new cases, pushing the infection caseload to 33,90,761, while taking the toll to 16,781 with 80 more deaths. Health Minister Veena George Said.
A state government release said that 16,865 people have been cured of the infection, taking the total number of recoveries to 32,08,969, while there are 1,64,500 active cases.
Malappuram was the worst affected district, reporting 3,474 cases, followed by Thrissur (2693), Palakkad (2209), Kozhikode (2113), Ernakulam (2072), Kollam (1371), Kannur (1243), Alappuzha (1120). ), Kottayam (1111) and Thiruvananthapuram (969).
Of the new cases, 98 are health workers, 112 had come from outside the state and 19,487 were infected through contact, in 927 cases the source of contact was not clear, the release said.
In the last 24 hours, 1,67,579 samples were tested and the TPR was found to be 12.31 percent.
So far 2,72,17,010 samples have been tested.
At present 4,55,078 people are under observation in various districts.
Of these, 4,26,640 are in home or institutional quarantine and 28,438 are in hospitals.
The release said that there are 678 areas in the state with a TPR of more than 10 per cent.
The state had recorded 100 deaths on Friday, while the TPR stood at 13.61 per cent. On Saturday, Kerala reported 20,624 new cases, pushing the infection caseload to 33,90,761, while taking the toll to 16,781 with 80 more deaths. Health Minister Veena George Said.
A state government release said that 16,865 people have been cured of the infection, taking the total number of recoveries to 32,08,969, while there are 1,64,500 active cases.
Malappuram was the worst affected district, reporting 3,474 cases, followed by Thrissur (2693), Palakkad (2209), Kozhikode (2113), Ernakulam (2072), Kollam (1371), Kannur (1243), Alappuzha (1120). ), Kottayam (1111) and Thiruvananthapuram (969).
Of the new cases, 98 are health workers, 112 had come from outside the state and 19,487 were infected through contact, in 927 cases the source of contact was not clear, the release said.
In the last 24 hours, 1,67,579 samples were tested and the TPR was found to be 12.31 percent.
So far 2,72,17,010 samples have been tested.
At present 4,55,078 people are under observation in various districts.
Of these, 4,26,640 are in home or institutional quarantine and 28,438 are in hospitals.
The release said that there are 678 areas in the state with a TPR of more than 10 per cent.
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