Health Minister KK Shailaja updated Kerala’s covid status as of Saturday. The State reported 7,983 fresh cases, pushing the COVID-19 caseload to 4,20,166, while as many as 91,190 people are currently undergoing treatment. In the last 24 hours, 59,999 samples had been tested. The death toll climbed up to 1,484 with the addition of 27 more fatalities. With 7,330 people recovering, as many as 3,40,324 people have got cured of the disease. As many as 2,91,440 people are under observation, including 2,69,059 in-home and institutional quarantine and 22,381 in hospitals. The new cases included 62 health workers, including 10 from Kozhikode. Two districts-- Ernakulam (1,114) and Thrissur (1,112) reported over 1000 cases.

Of the positive cases, 86 had come from outside Kerala and 7,049 had been infected through contact while the source of infection of 786 people are not yet known, the minister said. Thus far 46,45,049 samples have been sent for testing,  adding eight new places were included in the list of Hotspots and 12 places removed.

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