COVID-19 | 4,200 new cases in Kozhikode
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The district witnessed a slight fall in COVID-19 cases on Friday, when 4,200 individuals examined optimistic for SARS-CoV-2.
According to District Medical Officer V. Jayasree, there have been 4,076 cases of native transmission whereas the supply couldn’t be traced in 113 cases. Three sufferers got here from overseas international locations and eight from different States. With 3,194 individuals recovering, there are 53,241 lively cases in the district at current.
Even whereas the typical take a look at positivity price (TPR) in the district stays 27.49%, the TPR has remained above 30% in 28 native our bodies from May 3 to May 7. The TPR was above 30% solely in 5 native our bodies throughout the interval from April 12 to April 18, indicating a extreme surge in the variety of cases in rural native our bodies inside two weeks.
The highest TPR has been recorded in Velam panchayat (43.7%) whereas Panangad (40.7%), Ramanattukara (40%), Chengottukavu (39.3%), Arikulam (38.4%), Nochad (37.6%), Feroke (37.5%), Chorode (37.4%), Olavanna (37.1%), Kottur (35.7%), Moodadi (35.4%) and Thalakkulathur (35.2%) should not far behind.
There are 45 native our bodies the place the TPR is between 20% and 30%. The price is beneath 20% in 5 native our bodies — Atholi (19.9%), Chakkittapara (19.7%), Kattippara (19.3%), Kunnamangalam (18.3%) and Changaroth (18.3%). Atholi and Chakkittapara, which had a TPR above 30% the earlier week, have managed to carry down the unfold significantly.
Meanwhile, the District Collector stated that every one hospitals with greater than 50 beds could be used for COVID-19 remedy. He has entrusted village officers so as to add the hospitals to the COVID-19 Jagratha portal. The Collector additionally ordered for all sufferers above 50 years of age, migrant labourers and people in the Scheduled Tribe class to be shifted to first-line remedy centres.
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