thiruvananthapuram the state reported 17 more omicron cases taking the total tally to 345 cases of the new cases 13 had come from lowrisk countries and three from highrisk countrieseight cases were reported in ernakulam two in palakkad and one each in thiruvananthapuram pathanamthitta alappuzha thrissur malappuram kozhikode and wayanad of the 345 cases 231 had come from lowrisk countries and 78 from highrisk countries the contact cases are 34 and two cases have been reported among domestic travellers the state reported 5797 positive cases from the 45691 samples tested in the last 24 hours the tpr has increased to 1268 among the new cases detected 5198 were eligible for vaccination 290 had taken one dose 3083 had taken both doses and 1825 had not taken even a single dose with 19 more deaths in the past few days being recorded as covid deaths and 147 deaths added from the appeals received the death toll has climbed to 49757at the same time 2796 patients have recovered from the disease among the new cases 5309 cases have been infected through local spread the contact source of infection was not traceable for 320 thiruvananthapuram reported the highest number of cases 1486