More on Covid-19

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: One more person from the health department involved in the Covid-19 prevention activities has tested positive in Kerala on Sunday. Earlier a nurse working at medical college hospital in Kottayam was also tested positive.As many as 20 positive cases were reported in the state taking the total number of cases reported in the state to 202. Of this 20 people have been discharged and one person was reported died on Saturday. At present 181 positive cases are admitted at different hospitals of the state. ‘On Sunday among the 20 cases reported 18 are the people who have come from different foreign countries and the two from direct contacts. The health worker who have been tested positive is working in a government hospital in Ernakulam.Of the 20, eight cases are reported in Kannur, seven in Kasargod and one each in Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam, Palakkad, Thrissur and Malappuram. Now Kasargod district has the highest number of positive cases reported with 80 people testing with Covid-19.At present 1,41,211 people in the state are under observation in the state of which 593 people are admitted in the designated hospitals. In Pathanamthitta four persons have tested negative in the repeated tests and is ready for discharge.Since the new cases have been reported from the people who have come from foreign countries, the state health department is still sticking to the fact that there is no community spread in the state. Even though more cases are coming from Kasargod, the authorities are of the view that all the cases are either they have come from abroad or are direct contacts.Till date 6690 samples were sent for testing of which 5518 samples have come negative. On Sunday 105 people were admitted to various hospitals with suspected symptoms.