Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 4 (UNI) Kerala reported its highest single-day count of 240 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Saturday while 209 infected people have recovered from the pandemic and total 2,129 patients are under treatment in various districts, Health Minister KK Shailaja said.
"Currently, there are 1,77,759 people are under quarantine in different districts across the state even as 10,295 persons were excluded from surveillance today. 1,74,844 were in home or institutional quarantine and 2,915 were in isolation hospitals. 367 people were hospitalised today," the Minister said in a press release here this evening.
She said, "37 persons in Malappuram district, 35 in Kannur district, 29 in Palakkad district, 22 in Pathanamthitta district, 20 each in Alappuzha and Thrissur districts, 16 each in Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam districts, 14 in Kasargod district, 13 in Ernakulam district, eight in Kozhikode district, six in Kottayam district and two each in Idukki and Wayanad districts are those who tested positive for Coronavirus today."