Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala on Saturday recorded 20,487 new Covid-19 cases and 181 deaths, took infection counted to 43.55,191 and the death toll became 22,484.
A total of 26,155 people were restored from the disease on Saturday, taking a total of recovery in the country to 41,00,355.
The Minister of Health Veena George said 1,34,861 samples were tested in the last 24 hours and the test level of the test was 15.19 percent.
Among the districts, Thrissur reported the highest number of fresh cases – 2,812, followed by Ernakulam with 2,490 and Thiruvananthapuram 2,217.
“At present there are 2,31,792 active cases in a situation of only 12.9 percent of patients have been hospitalized,” Minister said in the release.
The minister said about those found infected today, 102 reached the country from outside the interim 19,497 contracted disease from their contacts.
The 793 source of infection has not been traced and 95 health workers also among those infected.
There were 4,108 wards in 794 local government agencies with a weekly infection population ratio above seven percent.