Coronavirus | 4,560 positive cases in Thiruvananthapuram

The district’s COVID-19 caseload continued to achieve uncharted ranges as 4,560 extra individuals examined positive for SARS-CoV-2 on Saturday.

The excessive caseload pushed the check positivity charge to 31.68%. With 2,403 individuals recovering from the sickness, the depend of lively cases stood at 36,480. A complete of 14,391 have been subjected to checks over the past 24 hours.

As many as 88,730 individuals are at the moment in quarantine in the district. These included 6,781 individuals who have been ordered to self-isolate on the day. A complete of 4,999 others have been permitted to conclude quarantine.

As many as 14,172 have been inoculated on Saturday. These included 13,398 individuals who have been administered Covishield. Among the beneficiaries, 11,167 individuals obtained their second doses. The vaccination drive will stay suspended on Sunday.

District Collector Navjot Khosa stated 9 govt magistrates have been appointed to watch the provision of oxygen amongst oxygen cylinder companies in the district. They have been tasked with sustaining the depend and distribution of oxygen cylinders, stopping their hoarding and makes an attempt to promote at extra charges. Nedumangad sub-collector Chetan Kumar Meena will coordinate such efforts, the Collector stated.

Kollam

The district reported 2,838 recent cases of COVID-19 and 1,412 recoveries on Saturday.

The new sufferers embrace 2,827 contact cases, six well being staff, two NRIs, and three others who had travelled from totally different States. The variety of individuals who examined positive in Kollam Corporation is 701. The district at the moment has 35,777 individuals underneath commentary and the entire variety of samples collected is 11,61,732.

While 2,245 individuals accomplished residence quarantine on Saturday, the Health Department has traced 2,17,231 major and 16,356 secondary contacts of the sufferers. Kollam at the moment has two COVID secondary-level remedy centres (SLTCs) and eight COVID first-level remedy centres (FLTCs) functioning in the district.

Alappuzha

The district logged 2,433 COVID-19 cases on Saturday.

Of the recent cases, 2,423 sufferers contracted the illness by native transmission, whereas the supply of an infection of six different individuals stays unidentified. Four individuals who got here from different States additionally examined positive for SARS-CoV-2. The check positivity charge for the day stood at 25.3 per cent.

Meanwhile, 772 individuals who have been present process remedy for the illness in the district examined damaging. The lively COVID-19 caseload in the district stands at 25,909.

All native our bodies in the district have organized ambulance companies to move COVID-19 sufferers to hospitals and different remedy centres. The transfer adopted criticism after a COVID-19 affected person lodged in a domiciliary care centre at Punnapra was taken to hospital on a motorbike after his situation worsened on Friday.

Kottayam

The variety of recent COVID-19 cases witnessed a pointy surge on Saturday with 2,395 individuals testing positive for the virus. The Test Positivity Rate (TPR) for the day was 25%.

Of the recent cases, 2,382 individuals together with a well being employee contracted the virus by native transmission. The new cases additionally included 228 kids and 409 individuals aged above 60.

Among the native our bodies, Kottayam municipality bled the tally with 249 cases, adopted by Ettumanur with 101 cases.

With 1,404 recoveries throughout the day, the district at the moment has 16,041 lively cases.

According to officers, as many as 100 beds and 20 oxygenated beds might be added to the second-line remedy centre in Pala, which at the moment has the capability to accommodate 105 sufferers.

The variety of beds in the Government Medical College (GMC) too might be raised.

Pathanamthitta

In Pathanamthitta, 1,180 individuals examined positive for the illness throughout the day. Of this, 1,165 individuals contracted the virus by native transmission. With 100 cases, Thiruvalla reported the very best variety of cases, adopted by Aranmula with 47 cases.

The district additionally reported 11 COVID-19 deaths.

With 933 recoveries, Pathanamthitta at the moment has 12,829 lively cases whereas 29,104 others are underneath surveillance.

The TPR for Pathanamthitta over the previous one week stood at 22.6%.