thiruvananthapuram kerala recorded 7515 covid19 cases on tuesday including 36 health workers taking the total caseload to 1180 lakh and active cases mounted to 52132 the state government saidas many as 2959 people were cured of the infection taking the total recoveries to 1123133a health department bulletin said 73441 samples have been sent for testing taking the overall number to 13887669the test positivity rate stood at 1023 per centthe toll has gone up to 4814 with 20 more fatalities being added to thetallythe total number of cases has soared to 1180397among the districts ernakulam reported the highest number of 1162 cases followed by kozhikode 867 thrissur 690 malappuram 633 kottayam 629 and thiruvananthapuram 579of the fresh cases 36 are health workers 198 had come from outside the state and 6747 were infected through contacta total of 182589 people are presently under observation including 7582 in hospitalsfourteen areas were added to the list of hotspots taking the total number to 416with covid cases continuing to gallop the government brought in new restrictionsincluding allowing only 100 people to gather at indoor meetingsprogrammes and a maximum of 200 for outdoor functions closing shops by 9 pm every day and promotion of door deliverymeanwhile police registered cases against 1275 people for violating covid19 protocolas many as 326 people were arrested and 5018 booked for not wearing masks