Though the number of new patients diagnosed with Covid-19 on Thursday came down to 1,968, the situation in Kerala continues to be critical. Nine deaths were confirmed in the last 24 hours while 1, 737 of the new patients contracted the ailment through local transmission, said a release by the health department.
Thursday’s figures were slightly better than that of Wednesday, when the State diagnosed 2,333 new patients with 2,153 cases of community transmission.
100 patients who tested positive on Thursday could not furnish details like from where, when and how they contracted the virus.
As on Thursday evening, 18, 123 persons were under treatment in various hospitals while the number of patients who were cured from the pandemic reached 33, 828.
Thiruvananthapuram had the highest number of Covid patients, 429. Close behind the capital city was Malappuram with 356 patients and Alappuzha with 198 patients. On Thursday, 2198 patients were admitted to various hospitals in the State.
Since Chief Minister and seven of his ministers were under self-quarantine, no government versions were available for the day. But Kerala which is getting ready to celebrate Onam is not the ideal place to visit this season, according to medical doctors who did not want their names to be quoted.