THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: 1,549 pandemic cases were reported in the state on Monday. Among the confirmed cases, 68 are from outside. 1,337 cases were through contact. The source of contact of 133 persons is unknown.

The district-wise distribution of covid cases are as follows:

Kannur-249
Ernakulam-184
Kozhikode-184
Thiruvananthapuram-155
Malappuram-134
Kasargod-98
Kollam-92
Palakkad-88
Thrissur-88
Kottayam-85
Pathanamthitta-60
Idukki-53
Alappuzha-48
Wayanad-31

Two who came from South Africa were confirmed of the virus within 24 hours. Recently, persons who came from the UK(103), South Africa(7), and Brazil(1) were tested positive for the virus. Among them, 104 were tested negative for the pandemic. The mutant variant of the pandemic was reported only in 11 persons.

37,377 samples were tested in the last 24 hours. The test positivity rate is 4.14 per cent. The 11 deaths which occurred on Sunday were caused by the pandemic, with this total number of deaths have mounted to 4,590.

The list of cases registered through contacts are as follows:

Kannur-189
Ernakulam-173
Kozhikode-171
Thiruvananthapuram-121
Malappuram-127
Kasargod-83
Kollam-91
Palakkad-43
Thrissur-87
Kottayam-80
Pathanamthitta-51
Idukki-49
Alappuzha-44
Wayanad-28