Fresh COVID-19 infections dropped below 1,000 in Kozhikode district after around a month on Sunday when only 991 people tested positive for the virus, Health Department data show.
The number of new cases started soaring above 1,000 on January 12. From then on, there had been a surge in fresh infections, and the daily test positivity rate peaked to around 50%. However, in the past few weeks, the cases had been declining along with the active caseload.
Only 10,106 people are officially under treatment now. As many as 8,406 are under home isolation. The number of hospitalisations, however, has not come down drastically. As many as 424 are in private hospitals and 223 in government hospitals.
