Eight Covid-19 deaths on Saturday, 1,129 new cases in Kerala

TNN / Aug 2, 2020, 06:49 IST

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Eight Covid deaths were recorded in the state on Saturday taking the death toll so far to 82 (this includes the Mahe resident who died in Kannur in April). Saturday also saw the first casualty from the police force -- sub-inspector Varambanal P Ajithan (55) --though his death is yet to be officially recorded. As many as 1,129 new Covid cases and 752 recoveries were reported on August 1.

Eight Covid-19 deaths on Saturday, 1,129 new cases in Kerala

A ‘truck barricade’ parked at Paravur Junction in Aluva, which has been a containment zone for nearly one month

KOCHI: Eight Covid deaths were recorded in the state on Saturday taking the death toll so far to 82 (this includes the Mahe resident who died in Kannur in April). Saturday also saw the first casualty from the police force -- sub-inspector Varambanal P Ajithan (55) --though his death is yet to be officially recorded. As many as 1,129 new Covid cases and 752 recoveries were reported on August 1.
The deceased were Koyamu ( 82) from Malappuram, Ashraf (52) from Aluva, Ernakulam, Angel (81) Ernakulam, Abdul Rahman (72) Kasargod, Babu (62) Thiruvananthapuram, Naushad ( 49) Kozhikode, Asuma Beevi (73) Kollam and Chandran (59) Thrissur.

Thiruvananthapuram (259 cases and 241 contact cases) led the tally on Saturday also, followed by Kasargod (153, 151), Malappuram (141, 83), Kozhikode (95, 80), Pathanamthitta (85, 61), Thrissur (76, 36), Alappuzha (67, 52), Ernakulam (59, 33), Kottayam (47, 38), Palakkad (47, 25), Wayanad (46, 44), Kollam (35, 27), Idukki(14, 7) and Kannur (5, 2).
Among the new cases, 924 were infected through contact, 89 had come from overseas and 114 from other states. The source of contact is yet to be traced in 83 cases. The contact cases include 24 healthcare workers —14 in Thiruvananthapuram, 2 from Kozhikode, one each from Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Malappuram and Kannur, 11 KSE employees, 5 KLF employees and 4 INHS personnel.

Currently, there are 10,862 active cases and 1,43,996 people are under surveillance — 1,33,616 under observation at homes/institutional quarantine centres and 10,380 in hospitals.
17 new hotspots added
A total of 1,257 people were admitted in hospitals on Saturday.
In the last 24 hours, 20,518 samples were tested. A total of 7,95,919 samples have been sent for testing and the results of 5,971 are awaited. As part of sentinel surveillance, 1,24,653 samples were collected from high-risk groups and the results of 1,842 results are not out yet.
As many as 17 new hotspots have been added and 23 areas were allowed to shed the status. There are a total of 492 hotspots at present.

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