The number of active COVID-19 cases in Kerala now stands at 1,37,043. (file)
Thiruvananthapuram:
Kerala on Sunday recorded 12,297 fresh COVID-19 cases and 74 deaths, taking the caseload to 47,20,233 and the death toll to 25,377.
An official press release said that the number of people who have recovered from the infection since Saturday stood at 16,333, taking the total number of recoveries to 45,57,199 and the number of active cases to 1,37,043.
88,914 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.
Among the 14 districts, Ernakulam reported the highest number of cases with 1,904, followed by Thrissur (1,552), Thiruvananthapuram (1,420) and Kozhikode (1,112).
Of the new cases, 50 were health workers, 61 from outside the state and 11,742 were infected by contact, with 444 of which the source is unclear.
At present 4,29,581 people are under observation in various districts, out of which 4,12,902 are in home or institutional quarantine and 16,679 are in hospitals.
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