Ernakulam on Thursday recorded 441 new COVID-19 cases while 770 patients recovered.
Ninety five of the new infections could not be traced to a source. There were six health workers among the newly infected. Edathala recorded 28 new cases, Thrikkakara, 21, Eloor 18 and Udayamperoor and Kalady 13 each.
New admissions to hospitals/FLTCs were 91, while 83 were discharged. As many as 1,952 people were brought on the surveillance radar, taking the total number to 27,251.
The district had a total of 7,917 patients as on Thursday evening. A fresh set of 6,904 samples were sent from Ernakulam for testing.