Vaccination for differently abled in Kozhikode today

1,697 new cases in district, TPR rate at 15.21%

The one-day COVID vaccination drive for differently abled organised by the district administration in association with District Medical Office, Departments of Social Justice and Women and Child Welfare, National Trust LLC and Kerala Social Security Mission, will be held on Saturday. Minister for Public Works P.A. Mohamed Riyas will launch the drive at Beach General Hospital at 9 a.m. The vaccines are distributed through 100 centres in the district. At least one centre has been set up in every local body. Around 15,000 differently abled people of the age group 18 to 44 are expected to benefit from the drive. Meanwhile, Kozhikode District recorded 1,697 new COVID cases on Friday with the test positivity rate being 15.21%. One of the new patients has come from another State while the source is unknown in 35 cases. As many as 1,661 persons were infected through local transmission. At the same time, 1,493 persons have been cured and discharged from various COVID hospitals and treatment centres. At present, there are 22,442 COVID patients in the district.