
Kollam reports 1,151 new cases
The Hindu
Kottayam registers 628 new cases; 434 test positive in Pathanamthitta
Kollam reported 1,151 new cases of COVID-19 and 1,141 recoveries on Thursday. While 1,143 patients contracted the virus through local contact, the other infected include three NRIs and five health workers. Kollam currently has 32,681 persons under observation and the total number of samples collected is 17,12,363. While 946 persons completed home quarantine on Thursday, the Health Department has traced 2,90,246 primary and 18,341 secondary contacts. As many as 628 persons, including a health worker, tested positive for COVID-19 in Kottayam on Thursday. Of the new cases, 627 contracted the virus through local transmission. The test positivity rate (TPR) of the district was 9.67%.More Related News