COVID-19 | 934 people released from quarantine in Kozhikode

7,494 people still under observation in Kozhikode district

April 20, 2020 11:52 pm | Updated April 21, 2020 09:51 am IST - KOZHIKODE

Beating the heat:  A youth organisation volunteer giving tender coconuts to policemen  on duty in Kozhikode city on Monday.

Beating the heat: A youth organisation volunteer giving tender coconuts to policemen on duty in Kozhikode city on Monday.

Another 934 persons were removed from home quarantine for suspected COVID-19 in Kozhikode district on Monday. There are no new SARS-CoV-2 positive cases.

In a release, District Medical Officer V. Jayasree said that 7,494 people were now under observation. This included 22 persons in the isolation ward of the Government Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode. Seven were discharged on the day.

Twenty people from Kozhikode district and two each from Kannur and Kasaragod had been tested positive for the virus here. Of them, nine from Kozhikode and two from Kasaragod have recovered and others are undergoing treatment.

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