Kerala reported 424 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, when 17,846 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.
As on Monday, there were 3,555 patients with COVID-19 (active cases) in the State. A total of 528 persons were reported to have recovered from the disease on the day. About 10.7 % of the active cases are currently hospitalised.
On Tuesday, the total number of patients admitted with moderate or severe COVID in hospitals across the State dropped to 310 . New hospital admissions on the day was 55.
The State declared six COVID deaths which occurred in the last few days but which were declared only in the last 24 hours.
The State also added 16 pending COVID deaths to the official list of fatalities. These are deaths which have now been accepted as COVID deaths by the government as per the new guidelines of the Centre and following the appeals filed by families.
In all, the official cumulative COVID-19 case fatality in the State rose to 67,844. Of these, 32,048 (47.2 %) deaths were added after October 2021, following the death reconciliation exercise. The State’s cumulative COVID-19 burden now stands at 65,31,816 cases.
Among the districts, Ernakulam reported the highest number of new cases with 104 cases followed by Kottayam 66, Thiruvananthapuram 56, Pathanamthitta 29, Thrissur 28, Kollam 27, Kozhikode 25, Idukki 23, Kannur 18, Alappuzha 17, Palakkad 16, Malappuram 8 and Wayanad 7. No cases were reported from Kasaragod.
