T’PURAM: The total Omicron cases reported in the state have reached 37, with eight more patients testing positive for the new variant.
Among the new eight cases, one each is from Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam and two each from Alappuzha, Ernakulam and Thrissur.
The patient in Thiruvananthapuram had come from Russia on December 22. The Kollam patient had come from Namibia on December16.
The two patients in Alappuzha had come from Qatar on December 11 and 17. The two patients in Ernakulam had come from UK and UAE on December13 and18, respectively. One of the patients in Ernakulam is a three-year-old who had come with her parents. However, the parents have been tested negative.
One of the patients in Thrissur had come from Kenya on December 13, and the second patient is the contact person of this traveller.
All patients have been isolated in different hospitals, and their contact lists are being prepared.
Meanwhile, the first Omicron case reported in Ernakulam has been tested negative and has been discharged from the hospital. This 39-year-old person had come from the UK.
2,605 new Covid cases
: The state reported 2,605 positive cases from 55,928 samples tested in the last 24 hours. Among the new cases, 2,243 people were eligible for vaccination,173 had taken one dose, 1,407 were fully vaccinated, and 663 have not taken even a single dose.
With 31 more deaths in the past few days being recorded as Covid deaths and 311 deaths added from the appeals received, the Covid death toll in the state has now reached 46,203.
The total active cases at present are 25,586, of which 8.8% of the people are admitted either in hospitals or other treatment centres. At the same time, 3,281 patients have recovered from the disease.
Among the new cases, 2,427 cases have been infected through local spread. The contact source of infection was not traceable for 138.
Thiruvananthapuram reported the highest number of cases — 534.
