Every day new cases are coming up in the state of Kerala. The state reported a new single-day high of 6,477 COVID-19 cases and a record of 56,057 samples were tested in 24 hours. As many as 85,548 cases and 341 fatalities have been joined to the state's tally in September. The state also saw 3,481 improvements on Thursday. Health Minister KK Shailaja said that 6,131 are cases of local transmission with the contact source unknown in 713 cases. Of those diagnosed on Friday, 58 are returnees from foreign countries and 198 from other states. 80 healthcare workers were among those infected.
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The state has also reported 22 fatalities due to COVID-19 taking the death figure to 636. The district-wise details of COVID-19 patients are Thiruvananthapuram 814, Malappuram 784, Kozhikode 690, Ernakulam 655, Thrissur 607, Kollam 569, Alappuzha 551, Kannur & Palakkad 419 each, Kottayam 322, Kasaragod 268, Pathanamthitta 191, Idukki 114 and Wayanad 74. The district-wise numbers of coronavirus healthcare workers who have been infected are: Kannur 19, Thiruvananthapuram 14, Ernakulam 9, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Thrissur & Kasaragod 6 each, Palakkad 5, and Alappuzha, Malappuram & Kozhikode 3 each.
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The number of recoveries is 1,11,331 and the active cases are 48,892. A total of 2,15,691 people are under observation across the state; 1,88,265 under home or institutional quarantine and 27,426 in hospitals. A total of 3,410 persons were hospitalized on Thursday. The number of tests being conducted in 24 hours has increased to 56,057. Till now, a total of 26,57,430 samples have been sent for testing, including 2,00,420 samples from priority groups as part of the Sentinel Surveillance.
