Covid-19 updates: Kerala reports 3,361 new cases, over 5,000 recoveries

  • | Monday | 25th January, 2021

Kerala reported 3,361 positive cases, including a UK returnee, on Monday, while 5606 people were cured of the infection, taking the total caseload to 8.93 lakh and recoveries to 8.19 lakh, the government said.

Kerala reported 3,361 positive cases, including a UK returnee, on Monday, while 5606 people were cured of the infection, taking the total caseload to 8.93 lakh and recoveries to 8.19 lakh, the government said.
Seventeen more fatalities pushed the toll to 3,624.

As many as 70,624 people are presently undergoing treatment for the disease, health minister K K Shailaja said in a statement.
In the 24 hours ending 2pm on Monday, 30,903 samples were tested and the test positivity rate was 10.88 per cent.

So far, 92,89,304 samples have been sent for testing.
While the total cases have soared to 8,93,639, recoveries to 8,19,156, the active cases touched 70,624, she said.
Ernakulam accounted for the maximum of 487 cases, followed by Kozhikode 439, Kollam 399 and Thiruvananthapuram 313.
Of the positive cases, 43 are health workers, 73 had come from outside the state and 2969 were infected through contact.

As many as 2,14,211 are under observation in various districts, including 12,116 in hospitals, the minister said.
Meanwhile, expressing concern over the increasing Covid-19 cases in Kerala, the Indian Medical Association said the state government should take stringent steps to prevent further rise incases.


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