COVID-19 | Kozhikode sees 481 new cases

The Health Department on Monday confirmed 481 extra COVID-19 cases in Kozhikode district. With this, the overall variety of sufferers present process remedy for the viral an infection touched 6,340.

Of the newly confirmed cases, 458 individuals contracted the virus by means of native transmission. The supply of an infection remained unknown in 13 cases.

There had been 11 well being staff and three gulf returnees among the many contaminated.

As per the up to date record of main and secondary contacts, 869 extra individuals had been added to the record of individuals underneath remark. With this, the overall variety of folks underneath remark touched 23,463. At the identical time, 913 individuals who had been present process remedy in varied hospitals had been discharged on Monday.

According to Health Department officers, 4,445 extra samples had been despatched for lab assessments on Monday. Till date, 78,3181 samples had been collected, of which 7, 12,151 check outcomes had been discovered adverse. Health Department officers mentioned the check positivity charge was 10.82 per cent.

On Monday, the best variety of native transmission cases was reported inside the Kozhikode Corporation limits. Health Department officers mentioned 120 such cases had been confirmed inside the company. They mentioned the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital had the best variety of sufferers (273) present process remedy for the illness.

In Wayanad

As many as 90 folks examined optimistic for SARS-CoV-2 in Wayanad district on Monday.

Of the new cases, 86 sufferers, together with two well being staff, had been contaminated by means of native contact.

The district has thus far reported 10,745 COVID-19 cases. Of these, 8,997 have recovered from the illness, together with 116 individuals who recovered on Monday.

The whole variety of energetic cases is 1,319. As many as 8,244 individuals are underneath remark.

Major centre

The Anjarakandy COVID first-line remedy centre in Kannur, which performed a key function in COVID remedy within the district, has been shut down.

The centre was closed on Monday after the final affected person, a 65-year-old Iritty resident, returned dwelling after recovering from the illness.

The District Disaster Management Authority, headed by District Collector T.V. Subhash, took over the Kannur Medical College, Anjarakandy, on March 27 and transformed it right into a particular COVID remedy centre.

In Malappuram

Malappuram district registered 611 new COVID-19 cases and 507 recoveries on Monday. While 578 of the new cases contracted the virus by means of direct contact with contaminated individuals, there have been 25 cases whose supply of an infection couldn’t be traced.

Among the new cases had been six individuals who got here from throughout the border and two well being staff.

District officers mentioned that 7,786 folks had been at present being handled for COVID-19 in Malappuram.

Most of them had been underneath remark at their respective properties. As many as 551 of them had been present process remedy in COVID-19 hospitals, 346 had been in first-line remedy centres and 341 in second-line remedy centres.

More than 85,000 folks had been quarantined throughout Malappuram. The official loss of life figures as a consequence of COVID-19 stood at 344 on Monday.

(With inputs from Wayanad, Kannur, and Malappuram bureaus)