The state recorded 2,222 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, when 36,061 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.
The active case pool has been declining steadily and has reached 19,051. A total of 4,673 people were reported to have recovered from the disease during the day. About 8.4% of active cases are currently hospitalised.
More than 1,500 people are currently hospitalized. The total number of patients admitted in hospitals with moderate or severe COVID is 1,542. The new hospital admissions were 224.
The current ICU occupancy in both public and private hospitals is 326. Ventilator occupancy has fallen to 97.
The state announced 73 COVID deaths, out of which three occurred within the last 24 hours and 70 deaths that occurred in the last few days but were declared only in the last 24 hours.
The state also added 88 pending COVID deaths to the official list as per the new guidelines of the Center and appeals filed by the families.
Overall, the official cumulative case death toll rose to 65,758. Of these, 30,329 (46.1%) deaths were linked after October 2021, following the death reconciliation exercise
The cumulative COVID-19 burden of the state now stands at 65,06,655 cases.
Among the districts, Thiruvananthapuram reported the maximum number of new cases with 432, Ernakulam 354, Kottayam 213, Kollam 197, Kozhikode 197, Thrissur 126, Idukki 118, Alappuzha 114, Malappuram 102, Pathanamthitta 100, Wayanad 89, Kannur 85, Palakkad 70 Went. Kasaragod 45.