A decline in the number of lab tests led to a corresponding dip in the number of fresh COVID-19 cases in Kozhikode district on Thursday. Only 692 were tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 on the day here when 6,366 sample were tested.
According to the District Medical Officer, the test positivity rate was 10.87%. As many as 677 of the fresh cases were due to local transmission of the infection and the source was unknown in eight cases.
A total of 1,006 people were cured and the active cases from the district now are 9,686. Kozhikode Corporation has the highest number of locally acquired infections at 215, Kodiyathoor has 30, Feroke 27 and Thiruvambady 24. As many as 6,401 people are in home isolation.
Meanwhile, two deaths were reported at the Government Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode, on Thursday.
In Malappuram
As many as 589 people tested positive for the virus in Malappuram on Thursday. However, there were 1,300 recoveries in the district, bringing signs of a dip in the number of infections.
While 547 cases had got the infection through direct local contacts, there were 31 cases with an unidentifiable source of infection. The number of active cases currently under treatment in the district came down to 10,083. Most of them were under observation at their homes across the district.
However, the number of those quarantined across Malappuram crossed 61,000 on Thursday.
