Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala recorded 8,037 new COVID-19 cases on Monday after testing 80,134 samples, making the Test Positivity Rate drop to 10.03 per cent. It was 10.25% the day before.
With 11,346 more recovering from the infection, the number active patients in the state came down to 1,00,626, health Minister Veena George said in a press release.
With 102 more deaths being confirmed due to the disease, Kerala's death toll rose to 13,818. Though more deaths were reported, the state is yet to ascertain them as COVID deaths. Tests are underway at the National Institute of Virology in Alappuzha.
Of the new cases, 7,361 had contracted the virus through contact while 15 had come from outside the state. Among the contact cases, the source of infection of 624 is yet to be traced.
There are 37 health workers among the new cases.
The state has reported 29,81,721 COVID-19 cases so far. Of them, 28,66,806 recovered.
Here's the break-up of today's positive cases:
Thrissur - 922 (917 contact cases)
Palakkad - 902 (496)
Malappuram - 894 (862)
Kozhikode - 758 (741)
Thiruvananthapuram - 744 (648)
Kollam - 741 (739)
Ernakulam - 713 (689)
Kannur - 560 (506)
Alappuzha - 545 (527)
Kasaragod - 360 (359)
Kottayam - 355 (346)
Pathanamthitta - 237 (232)
Idukki - 168 (164)
Wayanad - 138 (135)
Recoveries:
Thiruvananthapuram - 1,209
Kollam - 1,290
Pathanamthitta - 459
Alappuzha - 607
Kottayam - 300
Idukki - 318
Ernakulam - 1,105
Thrissur - 1,513
Palakkad - 943
Malappuram - 1,188
Kozhikode - 1,041
Wayanad - 314
Kannur - 406
Kasaragod - 653
Testing and quarantine
Till Monday, 2,36,36,292 samples (including routine, airport surveillance, pooled sentinel, CBNAAT, TrueNAT, CLIA and antigen assay) were sent for testing.
A total of 3,94,627 people are under observation across the state. Of them, 3,70,055 are under home or institutional quarantine while 24,572 are in hospitals across the state. A total of 1,869 people were admitted in hospitals on Monday.
There are 143 local bodies in the state where the TPR is lower than 6%. In 510 regions, TPR is between 6% and 12%, 293 regions under 12-18% TPR category, 88 regions where TPR is above 18%.