Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 29 (IANS): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday said that 7,722 people turned Covid positive after 71,681 samples were tested in the past 24 hours, while the test positivity rate stood at 10.77 per cent.
He also said that 6,648 people turned negative, taking the total number of active cases in the state to 78,722, of which 8.5 per cent were in hospitals.
As many as 86 Covid deaths were reported, taking the total death toll to 31,156.
On the vaccination front, 94.6 per cent (2.52 crore) of the above 18 years old population have been given one dose of vaccine, of which 50.4 per cent (1.34 crore) have got both doses.