Situation in Kerala continues unabated even on Sunday as 927 new persons were diagnosed with Covid-19, according to a press release issued by Health Minister KK Shylaja. A major cause of concern is the unprecedented increase in the number of persons getting contracted with the pandemic through contacts. On Sunday 733 persons tested positive were victims of contact. Two persons succumbed to the pandemic during the last 24 hours.
Thiruvananthapuram continued to be the epicentre of the pandemic. The district tested 175 persons with coronavirus out of which 164 had contracted the pandemic through contact. Kasaragod tested positive for 107 persons out of which 105 were infected through contacts.
The day saw 1,277 persons getting admitted to hospitals across the State. There are 494 hotspots in the State.
Out of the 927 tested with Covid-19 on Sunday, 76 were expatriates while 97 were those from other parts of the country. The release by the minister said 67 persons could not give any convincing answer to the question how they contracted the pandemic.