Thiruvananthapuram Oct 30 PTI Kerala on Saturday logged 7427 new COVID-19 cases and 62 deaths taking the infection count to 4961490 and the death toll to 31514 State Health Minister Veena George said 7166 persons recuperated from the disease today pushing the total cured in the state to 4850742 while 70709 samples were tested in the last 24 hours and there are 115 wards across 77 local self government bodies which have a weekly infection population ratio above ten per cent Of the 78624 active COVID-19 cases in the state only 82 per cent of the patients are admitted to hospitals the minister said in a release Among the districts Thiruvananthapuram recorded the highest number of cases in the state today--1001 followed by Kozhikode with 997 cases and Ernakulam with 862 cases The Minister said of those found infected today 55 reached the state from outside while 7069 contracted the disease from their contact The source of infection of 250 is yet to be traced and 53 health workers are also among the infected Currently there are 275185 persons under observation of which 7350 are in isolation wards of various hospitals The Minister also informed that 947 per cent 25296660 of the targeted population in the state received the first dose of vaccine while 509 per cent 13605863of the targeted population received both the doses PTI RRT BN BN