THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state witnessed 7,163 Covid-positive cases of the 79,122 samples tested in the last 24 hours.
Among the new cases, 6,179 people had taken vaccination and 1,971 people who tested positive have not taken even a single dose of vaccine. However, 2,609 people among the new cases had taken both vaccine doses.
Presently, total active cases are 74,456, of which 10% people are admitted either in hospitals or in other treatment centres.
Meanwhile, 90 recent deaths were confirmed as caused by Covid, taking the related death toll in the state to 29,355. At the same time, 6,960 patients have recovered from the infection.
Among the new cases, 6,791 cases were infected through local spread. The contact source of infection was not traceable for 276. There are 67 healthcare professionals among those infected and 29 people have arrived from outside the state.
Thrissur with 974 reported the highest number of cases, followed by Thiruvananthapuram (808), Kottayam (762), Kozhikode (722), Ernakulam (709), Kollam (707), Palakkad (441), Kannur (427), Pathanamthitta (392), Malappuram (336), Alappuzha (318), Idukki (274), Wayanad (166) and Kasaragod (127).
The number of patients who tested negative are Thiruvananthapuram (598), Kollam (1,047), Pathanamthitta (283), Alappuzha (303), Kottayam (113), Idukki (92), Ernakulam (1,298), Thrissur (963), Palakkad (250), Malappuram (362), Kozhikode (720), Wayanad (239), Kannur (525) and Kasaragod (167).
There are a total of 2,69,762 persons presently under observation in the state, of which 2,61,197 are at their homes or institutional quarantine centres and 8,565 are in isolation at hospitals.
As per the weekly infection population ratio 211 wards in 158 local bodies are having WIPR more than 10%. In these wards, strict lockdown restrictions have been implemented.
