Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala recorded 1,758 new COVID-19 cases and 1,365 recoveries on Tuesday.

This is the highest single-day count of positive cases reported in Kerala so far.

Among Tuesday's positive cases, 1,641 contracted the disease through contact. The source of infection of 81 of them is yet to be traced.

Of the new cases, 39 infected persons came from abroad while 42 came from other states.

The state has reported 47,898 COVID-19 cases so far, out of which 31,394 persons recovered. The remaining 16,274 patients are being treated in various hospitals.

With six new deaths being reported on Tuesday, the official death toll rose to 175 in the state.

The deceased have been identified as Palakkad Vilayoor native Pathumma, 76, Wayanad Karakkamala Moidu, 59, Kozhikode Chelavoor native Kausu, 65, Kozhikode Beypur native Rajalakshmi, 61, Thiruvananthapuram Kollapuram native Vijaya, 32 and Thiruvananthapuram Sreekaryam native Sathyan, 54.

Out of the  1,65,564 under observation,  1,51,931 are in home/institutional quarantine and 13,633 are in hospitals. A total of 1582 people were admitted to hospitals on Tuesday.

District-wise break-up of today's recoveries:

Thiruvananthapuram 310
Kollam 54
pathanamthitta 29
Alappuzha 65
Kottayam 48
Idukki 59
Ernakulam 64
Thrissur 33
Palakkad 82
Malappuram 194
Kozhikode 195
Wayanad 46
Kannur 61
Kasaragod 125

In the last 24 hours, 29,265 samples were tested. A total of 12,40,076 samples including routine samples, airport surveillance, pooled sentinel, CBNAT TruNAT, CLIA and Antigen Assay, have been tested in the state so far. 1,51,714 samples were sent for testing as part of the sentinel surveillance.

Thirteen new hotspots were declared on Tuesday and 18 regions were excluded from the list. Kerala has a total of 565 hotspots currently.