THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala recorded 6324 cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told the media here. This is the highest single-day spike in the state. Among the new cases, 5321 persons developed the disease through contact including 628 cases without an identified source of infection. 44 persons that returned from abroad and 226 persons that came from other states tested positive for the disease in the past 24 hours. 105 health workers also tested positive for the virus in the past 24 hours.

3168 coronavirus patients tested negative for the virus in the past 24 hours. There are 45,919 active cases in the state.

District wise break up of positive cases:

Kozhikode-883

Thiruvananthapuram-875

Malappuram-763

Ernakulam-590

Thrissur-474

Alappuzha-453

Kollam-440

Kannur-406

Palakkad-353

Kottayam-341

Kasaragod-300

Pathanamthitta-189

Idukki-151

Wayanad-106

The state reported 21 COVID deaths on Thursday taking the toll to 613.

In the last 24 hours, 54,989 samples were sent for testing.

Currently, there are 654 hotspots in the state with the addition of 22 regions and the removal of 8.