One more person died of leptospirosis in Kozhikode on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Satheesh, 50, of Chakkittapara. The fever death toll in the district is now at 17.
Around 2,050 people with viral fever have been newly admitted to various hospitals in the district.
As many as 119 suspected and 31 confirmed dengue fever cases were reported from Vengeri, Thiruvannur, Ramanattukara, Olavanna, Atholi, Kuruvattur, Chaliyam, Chelannur, Kakkodi, Puthiyappa, Thalakkulathur, Thamarasseri, Kakoor, Narikuni, Panangad, Kolathur and Koorachundu.
Two cases of leptospirosis have been reported from Chakkittapara, from where the death was reported on Tuesday.
Medical college
There was confusion among the public regarding the restriction to admission of fever cases in the Government Medical College Hospital in Kozhikode. Hospital superintendent K.G. Sajeeth Kumar has clarified that only patients with platelet count above one lakh were being sent back to taluk and district hospitals as there was shortage of space in the hospital. Two new wards with bed strength of 20 each for men and women had been opened in the hospital to accommodate the increasing number of fever cases, he said.
