Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala on Thursday reported 22,182 cases of Covid-19 fresh and 178 deaths, which took cooperatives to 44.46,228 and fatality to 23,165.
The number of people who recovered from infection since Wednesday was 26,563 which brought a total recovery to 42.36,309 and the number of active cases to 1,86,190, said the release of the state government.
While the release said that 1,21,486 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, it was again to run the second day, did not state what the test level of the test was.
However, 22,182 new positive cases, reported in the last 24 hours, from 1,21,486 samples tested during the same period, gave a figure of 18.25%.
Among the 14 districts, Thrissur recorded the highest with 3,252 cases followed by Ernakulam (2,901), Thiruvananthapuram (2,135), Malappuram (2,061), Kozhikode (1,613), Palakkad (1,520), alappuzha (1,442), Kannur (1,246), Kottayam (1,446), Kottayam ( 1,212), Pathanamthitta (1,015) and IDUKKI (973).
From new cases, 105 are health workers, 89 from outside the country and 21,122 are infected through contacts, with a contact source unclear in 866 cases.
At present there are 5,54,807 people under supervision in various districts, including 5.27,791 in the house or institutional quarantine and 27,016 in hospitals.
Kerala recorded 22,182 COVID-19 fresh cases, 178 deaths
