573 recoveries, seven deaths reported
The active COVID-19 case load in Kozhikode went above 6,000 again when 669 people tested positive for the virus on Wednesday.
According to the district medical officer, there are 6,070 infected persons from the district. As many as 4,608 are in home isolation.
Of the fresh cases, 651 are locally acquired infections, and 15 with an unknown source.
A total of 151 cases of local transmission are from Kozhikode Corporation, 43 from Villiappally, 35 from Kunnamangalam, 29 from Vadakara, 21 from Feroke and 20 from Olavanna.
As many as 6,255 samples were tested on the day. There were 573 recoveries. Seven deaths were reported from the Government Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode, between Tuesday and Wednesday.
10 health workers among 813 new cases
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Ten health workers were among the 813 new COVID-19 cases in the district on Tuesday. From Thrikkakara, 35 new cases were reported while 32 people tested positive in Kalamassery. Rayamangalam registered 29 cases on the day, and Kalady and Kothamangalam 27 each. With 516 recoveries on Tuesday, the district’s active case load stands at 9,245. For testing, 9051 samples were collected on the day. A majority of those who are recovering from the infection (7,097 people) are recuperating at home. At the Government Medical College Hospital, 53 patients are admitted, while 60 patients are at PVS Hospital, 20 are at the Fort Kochi Taluk Hospital and 18 are at the Muvattupuzha General Hospital.
566 cases, six deaths in Kozhikode
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425 recover; active caseload in district stands at 5,971
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425 recover; active caseload in district stands at 5,971
As many as 566 people tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in Kozhikode district on Tuesday. According to a release by the District Medical Officer, there were 559 locally acquired infections and five whose source was unknown. As many as 5,352 samples were tested.
Kozhikode Corporation had 175 cases of local transmission, Olavanna had 25 and Kavilumpara 20. A total of 425 people recovered from the infection on the day and the active case load in the district is 5,971, of whom 4,633 are in home isolation. Six deaths were reported at the Government Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode, between Monday and Tuesday.
Districts ready to receive, store Covishield vaccine
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Roll-out to begin across the country on January 16
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Roll-out to begin across the country on January 16
The Health Department has made arrangements to receive and store Covishield vaccine, the roll-out of which will begin across the country on January 16.
Coimbatore, one of the 10 Regional Vaccine Stores in Tamil Nadu, will receive 73,200 doses of the vaccine.
The doses will be distributed to District Vaccine Stores in Coimbatore, Erode, Tiruppur and the Nilgiris districts. All the districts have conducted dry runs for the vaccination drive.
Coimbatore district has been allotted 40,600 doses of the vaccine, the highest in the region. The district has 107 cold chain points (CCPs).
No case of new coronavirus strain in Kozhikode in a week
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Two returnees from Britain tested positive for the mutated strain recently
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Two returnees from Britain tested positive for the mutated strain recently
Over a week after two U.K. returnees from Kozhikode tested positive for the new strain of the novel coronavirus, the Health Department has said no new such cases have been reported in the past few days.
A 36-year-old man and his two-and-a-half-year-old daughter from the district were among the six people who were reported to have been infected with the new strain of the virus on December 4. One of them was undergoing treatment at the Government Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode, and the other had been under home isolation.