The active COVID-19 caseload fell to 9,749 in the district on Saturday when 1,221 fresh cases and 1,431 recoveries were recorded. The test positivity rate stood at 11.6%.
The district administration has currently placed 44,064 people in quarantine as part of its pandemic management efforts. The death toll stood at 4,508.
District Collector Navjot Khosa declared a micro-containment zone in Aishwarya Nagar Residents Association in Edavacode ward of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation.
Thinavila ward of Kadakkaroor grama panchayat; Kudappankunnu ward of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation; Puravoor, Pavoorkkonam, Kizhuvilam and Chumaduthangi wards of Kizhuvilam grama panchayat have been excluded from the list of containment zones.
The existing micro-containment zones in Ananda Nilayam Orphanage in Kuriathy ward of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, and Kannamkuzhi area of Narayanapuram ward of Neyyattinkara Municipality have been withdrawn.
