THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state witnessed 4,450 Covid-19 positive cases of the 57,722 samples tested in the last 24 hours.
Among the new cases, 3,793 people had taken the vaccination and 1,125 people who tested positive in the day have not taken even a single dose. However, 2,218 people among the new cases are those who had taken both the doses.
With 23 more deaths that occurred in the past few days being recorded as Covid deaths and 138 deaths added from the appeals received, the total Covid deaths in the state has now become 41,600.
Currently, the total active cases are 43,454, of which 7.6% people are admitted either to hospitals or other treatment centres. At the same time, 4,606 patients have recovered from the virus.
Among the new cases, 4,163 people have been infected through local spread. The contact source of infection was not traceable for 226. There are 35 healthcare professionals among those infected and 26 people arrived from outside the state.
Thiruvananthapuram reported the highest number of cases (791) followed by Ernakulam (678), Kozhikode (523), Kottayam (484), Kollam (346), Thrissur (345), Kannur (246), Pathanamthitta (219), Idukki (193), Malappuram (158), Alappuzha (147), Palakkad (141), Wayanad (128) and Kasaragod (51).
The number of patients who tested negative are Thiruvananthapuram (692), Kollam (469), Pathanamthitta (249), Alappuzha (137), Kottayam (351), Idukki (268), Ernakulam (702), Thrissur (355), Palakkad (193), Malappuram (105), Kozhikode (542), Wayanad (185), Kannur (295) and Kasaragod (63).
There are a total of 1,67,693 persons presently under observation in various districts of the state, of which 1,63,323 are at their homes or at institutional quarantine centres and 4,370 are in isolation at hospitals.
As per the weekly infection population ratio (WIPR), 21 wards in 19 local bodies are having WIPR more than 10%. In these wards strict lockdown restrictions have been implemented.
