Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala on Saturday recorded 17,466 fresh Covid-19 cases, pushing Kaseeload infection to 32.71,530, with a positive rate of test (TPR) will return to more than 12 percent after falling below it for a day.
TPR has passed 11 percent on July 19 after remaining below for several weeks and continued to rise by 13.63 percent on July 23.
On July 24, it fell to 11.91 percent and once again rose to 12.3 on Sunday.
The number of people who surrendered to the virus rose to 16,035 with 66 deaths again.
As many as 15,247 people have recovered from infection, taking a total recovery to 31,14,716, leaving 1,40,276 active cases, the release of the state government.
Malappuram reported the maximum number of cases (2684), followed by Kozhikode (2379), Thrissur (2190), Ernakulam (1687), Palakkad (1552), Kollam (1263), Thiruvananthapuram (914) and alappuzha (914).
From new cases, 64 is a health worker, 78 comes from outside the country and 16,662 is infected through contact, with a contact source unclear in 662 cases, the word release.
In the last 24 hours, 1,42,008 samples were tested and TPR was found 12.3 percent.
So far, 2,62,48,280 samples have been tested, he said.
At present there are 4,35,768 people under supervision in various countries.
Of these, 4,09,540 was located in a house or institutional quarantine and 26,228 in the hospital.
There are 626 areas in the state with TPR more than 10 percent, the release said.