Thirty-six persons were placed in home quarantine on Thursday for suspected COVID-19, while 112 were removed from the list, taking the total number of people under home isolation to 2,985. Four more were shifted to hospital isolation in the district on Thursday.
While two are at Medical College Hospital (MCH), Ernakulam, one is at the Aluva District Hospital and another at a private hospital. There are 24 persons in hospital isolation in the district, of whom 13 are at MCH, five at the Aluva hospital, two at the Karuvelipady taluk hospital, and four at a private hospital. After the discharge of seven patients, there are seven more COVID-19 patients undergoing treatment in hospitals. As many as 40 samples were sent for testing on Thursday.
While 30 were tested negative, the results of 159 more are awaited.
