The cumulative COVID-19 case burden of Kerala crossed the 11 lakh mark (11,00,275 cases) with 1,984 new cases on Friday when 53,184 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.
The case load crossed the 1 million mark on 14 February and it took 34 days to add another new case. This indicates that disease transmission has actually slowed down in the last one month. The test positivity rate (TPR) comes down to 3.73%.
With a recovery of 1,965, the active case pool remained stable in 25,158 cases for the last three days. The cumulative recovery reported so far reached 10,70,343 cases. When 17 new deaths in the last several days were added to the official list on Friday, the death toll rose to 4,467.
In districts, Kozhikode recorded the maximum number of new cases at 261, followed by Thrissur 203, Ernakulam 185, Kannur 180, Kollam 176, Malappuram 155, Pathanamthitta 137, Alappuzhajam 131, Thiruvananthapuram 131, Kottayam 125, Kasaragod 105, Palakkad 98, Wayanad, Wayanad 52 and Idukki 45.
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