THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state reported 17,328 new positive cases and recorded 209 more Covid-19-related fatalities taking the toll to 9,719 on Saturday.
The total active cases at present are 1,67,638 and the TPR stands at 14.89%.
In the last 24 hours, 1,16,354 samples were tested.
Meanwhile, 24,003 patients have recovered from the virus.
Among the new cases, 16,140 cases have been infected through local transmission while the sources of infection remain unknown in 1,007 cases.
At least 69 more healthcare workers contracted the virus in the state, including 14 in Thiruvananthapuram, 10 in Ernakulam and 9 in Kannur.
Thiruvananthapuram reported the highest number of cases (2,468) followed by Malappuram (1,980), Kollam (1,787), Palakkad (1,899), Ernakulam (1,769), Thrissur (1,582), Alappuzha (1,212), Kozhikode (1,497), Kannur (684), Kottayam (822), Pathanamthitta (472), Kasaragod (520), Idukki (395) and Wayanad (241).
A total of 116 people returned from the UK, nine persons who returned from South Africa and one person who came from Brazil, have becomeCovid-19 positive.
Till date, 11 among them have been diagnosed with the new strain and 125 have been tested negative of the new strain.
The remaining results are awaited from NIV, Pune.
So far, 24,40,642 people have recovered from the Coronavirus infection in the state .
The district-wise number of infections through local transmission: Malappuram (1,904), Kollam (1,777), Palakkad (1,199), Thiruvananthapuram (2,291), Ernakulam (1,736), Thrissur (1,572), Kozhikode (1,487), Alappuzha (1,200), Kottayam (795), Kannur (611), Idukki (379), Pathanamthitta (459), Kasaragod (509) and Wayanad (221).
The patients who tested negative are Thiruvananthapuram (2,236), Kollam (1,029), Pathanamthitta (1,294), Alappuzha (949), Kottayam (802), Idukki (489), Ernakulam (1,778), Thrissur (1,537), Palakkad (5,108), Malappuram (4,951), Kozhikode (1,848), Wayanad (405), Kannur (898) and Kasaragod (679).
There are 6,69,815 persons under observation in the state, of whom 6,34,890 are at their homes or institutional quarantine centres and 34,925 are in isolation at hospitals.
No new place has been declared as hotspot and one place has been excluded.
There are currently 870 hotspots in the state.