23,260 new covid cases were reported in Kerala. Thiruvananthapuram News – Times of India

Thiruvananthapuram: The state recorded 23,260 positive cases out of 1,28,817 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The test positivity rate is 18.05%.
The state also 131. informed of COVID-19 The recent deaths, taking the respective toll to 23,297. At the same time, 20,388 patients have recovered from the disease. Of the new cases, 21,983 cases have been infected by local transmission. The contact source of infection for 998 could not be traced.
Thrissur reported the highest number of cases at 4,013, followed by Ernakulam (3,143), Kozhikode (2,095) and Thiruvananthapuram (2,045), Malappuram (1,818), Alappuzha (1,719), Palakkad (1,674), Kollam (1,645), Kottayam (1,431) and transgender (1,033).
The total active cases currently stand at 1,88,926 of which 12.8% are either admitted in hospitals or other treatment centres. At present 5,37,823 persons are under observation in various districts, of which 5,11,461 are at their homes or institutional quarantine centres, and 26,362 are in isolation in hospitals.

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