Good show by Ernakulam schools in CBSE Class X exams thehindu.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehindu.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
District records 3,855 new cases; 3,341 persons recover from infection
Ernakulam saw 3,855 new COVID cases and a test positivity rate (TPR) of 24.59% on Friday.
The district’s active caseload stands at 69,196. A total of 15,680 tests were done.
ICU admissions have risen to 505. On Thursday, 476 patients were admitted to ICUs, and the figure was at 453 on Wednesday.
Eight health workers were among those who tested positive on Friday. Thrikkakara recorded 177 new cases, Kadungalloor 154, Alanagad and Nayarambalam 90 each, Thripunithura 89, and Palluruthy 83.
A total of 3,341 people were considered to have recovered on the day, and 231 people were discharged from hospitals and other treatment centres.
Of those recovering from the infection, 60,646 are at home, 2,518 are admitted at private hospitals, 658 are at government hospitals, 82 are at INHS Sanjivani, and 1,437 are at FLTCs, SLTCs and domiciliary care centres.
Kochi student wins prestigious contest britainnews.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from britainnews.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Kochi Student Wins the Prestigious Heroes of Tomorrow 2020 Innovation Contest by BML Munjal University ANI | Updated: Dec 24, 2020 13:43 IST
Gurgaon (Haryana) [India], December 24 (ANI/NewsVoir): BML Munjal University s (BMU) innovation initiative Heroes of Tomorrow 2020 which aims at recognising and nurturing young talent to think of ingenious ideas to solve global issues, announced its winners today. The winner from Cochin Refineries School wins a 100% scholarship for an undergraduate programme of choice at BMU (subject to student fulfilling admission mandate), cash prize of INR 50,000 along with a new TSURUGI Firefox bicycle. Along with the winner, two other runners up from Vishwa Bharti Public School, Noida and GD Goenka Public School, Noida have been selected out of the 2200+ submissions received from 600+ schools this year. The entire event was hosted virtually by BMU.