Decline in daily Covid cases in Kerala, 42,677 new infections, 601 deaths

Recoveries eclipsed fresh infections as daily COVID-19 cases in Kerala decreased on Thursday with the state recording 42,677 new cases which raised the caseload to 61,72,432.

With 50,821 more people recovering from the virus since Wednesday, the total recoveries reached 57,45,912.

As the number of recoveries were more than the new COVID-19 cases, the active cases in the state went down to 3,69,073, a government release said.

On Wednesday, the number of active cases was 3,77,823.

The southern state had reported 52,199 COVID-19 cases on Wednesday.

Kerala on Thursday also reported 601 deaths which raised the total fatalities in Kerala to 56,701, according to a government release.

Of the deaths, 36 were reported in the last 24 hours, 124 were those which occurred in the last few days but were not recorded due to late receipt of documents and 441 were designated as COVID-19 deaths after receiving appeals based on the new guidelines of the Centre and the directions of the Supreme Court, the release said.

As many as 1,14,610 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.

Among the 14 districts, Ernakulam recorded the highest number of cases with 7,055, followed by Thiruvananthapuram (5,264), Kottayam (4,303), Kollam (3,633), Pathanamthitta (3,385), Thrissur (3,186), Alappuzha (3,010), Kozhikode (2,891) and Malappuram (2,380).

The remaining districts recorded less than 2,000 cases.

Of the new cases, 444 were health workers, 202 from outside the State and 39,118 infected through contact with the source of it not being clear in 2,913, the release said.

There are currently 5,08,146 people under surveillance in various districts, of whom 4,97,025 are in home or institutional quarantine and 11,121 in hospitals, the release said.