Covid fatality in Kerala rises by 206

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state on Sunday reported 206 more Covid-19-related fatalities taking the toll to 11,181.
Meanwhile, 11,584 positive cases and17,856 recoveries were reported on the day, leaving 1,23,003 active cases in the state.
Test Positivity Rate on the day stood at 12.24% after 94,677 samples were tested in 24 hours. There are 3,009 patients in ICUs and 1,189 others on ventilator support in the state's hospitals.
So far 25,93,625 persons have recovered from coronavirus infection in the state while 2,12,20,925 samples have been tested.
Among the new cases, 10,793 persons were infected through local spread while the sources of infection in 642 others remain unknown. Besides, 83 recent arrivals in the state have also been confirmed with the infection.
Thiruvananthapuram reported the highest number of cases, 1,775 followed by Thrissur, 1,373, Kollam, 1,312, Ernakulam, 1,008, Palakkad, 1,027, Malappuram, 1,006, Kozhikode, 892, Alappuzha, 660, Kannur, 633, Idukki, 407, Kottayam, 622, Kasaragod, 419, Pathanamthitta, 223 and Wayanad, 147.
The district-wise cases through contacts: Thiruvananthapuram, 1,640, Palakkad, 646, Ernakulam, 1,051, Thrissur, 1,357, Malappuram, 952, Kollam, 1,303, Kozhikode, 880, Alappuzha, 657, Kottayam, 592, Kannur, 562, Idukki, 395, Pathanamthitta, 215, Kasaragod, 412 and Wayanad, 131.
There were 66 fresh cases among healthcare workers in the state, including 17 from Kannur, and ten in Thrissur. Ernakulam, seven, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam and Wayanad, six each, Palakkad, four, Malappuram and Kasaragod, three each, Kottayam, two and Pathanamthitta and Kozhikode, one each were the number of cases among health workers in other districts.
The number of patients who tested negative at the district level: Thiruvananthapuram, 2,315, Kollam, 1,878, Pathanamthitta, 619, Alappuzha, 1,123, Kottayam, 846, Idukki, 500, Ernakulam, 2,332, Thrissur, 1,227, Palakkad, 1,744, Malappuram, 2,226, Kozhikode, 1,509, Wayanad, 307, Kannur, 678 and Kasaragod, 552.
There are 5,38,215 persons under observation in the state, of whom 5,07,540 are at their homes or institutional quarantine centres and 30,675 are in isolation at hospitals.
Two new places have been declared as hotspots taking the total in the state to 882.