The number of fresh COVID-19 cases in Kottayam continued to rise sharply with 474 persons testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 on Sunday.
Of this, 470 persons including four health care workers contracted the virus through local transmission . Kottayam municipality led the tally with 46 cases while Vazhappally panchayat followed closely with 43 cases. High number of cases were also reported from Erattupetta- 35, Parathodu- 22, Erumely-21 and Arppookkara-19.
With 320 recoveries during the day, the district currently has 4979 active cases.