Kerala clocks 10,944 fresh COVID-19 cases, 120 deaths

Kerala on Friday logged 10,944 fresh COVID-19 cases and 120 deaths, taking the infection count to 47,74,666 and fatalities to 26,072.

With 12,922 more people recovering from the virus infection, total recoveries touched 46,31,330, an official release said.

Active cases stood at 1,16,645, it said.

As many as 95,510 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, it said.

Among the 14 districts, Ernakulam recorded the highest number of cases with 1,495, followed by Thiruvananthapuram (1,482) and Thrissur (1,311).

The state has been showing a decline in the daily fresh cases after crossing the 30,000-mark post-Onam festival in August.

Of the new cases, 61 were health workers, 43 from outside the State and 10,397 infected through contact with the source of it not clear in 443.

There are currently 3,71,196 people under surveillance in various districts, of whom 3,56,899 are in home or institutional quarantine and 14,135 in hospitals.