Kollam district reported 1,852 new cases of COVID-19 and 2,505 recoveries on Wednesday. While 1,841 patients contracted the disease through known sources, others included one NRI, three persons from other States and seven health workers.
Kollam district currently has 35,337 people under observation, and the total number of samples collected is 14,59,539. While 6,105 people completed home quarantine on Wednesday, the Health Department has traced 2,54,765 primary and 16,602 secondary contacts of the cases.
At present restrictions similar to triple lockdown are in force at all local bodies in the district that reported a test positivity rate above 20%.
Alappuzha
As many as 1,280 people tested positive for COVID-19 in Alappuzha. A total of 1,305 people recovered from the disease.
Kottayam
As many as 645 people tested positive for COVID-19 in Kottayam on Wednesday. Of the fresh cases, 638 people contracted the virus through local transmission. The daily test positivity rate (TPR) of the district remained at 11.78%.
With 99 cases, Kottayam municipality reported the highest number of cases, followed by Ettumanur with 27 cases.
As many as 830 people recovered from the disease during the day, bringing down the total active cases in the district to 5,023, while 33,783 others remain in quarantine for suspected symptoms of the disease.
545 in Pathanamthitta
In Pathanamathitta, 545 people tested positive for the disease on Wednesday.
Of this, 541 people contracted the virus through local transmission.
The contact source of seven cases were yet to be ascertained.
The TPR for the day was 12.6% in the district.
With 38 cases, Konni reported the highest number of cases, followed by Thiruvalla municipality with 37 cases.
The disease, meanwhile, claimed three more lives in the district. With 511 recoveries on the day, Pathanamathitta currently has 5,636 active cases.
(With inputs from Kottayam and Pathanamathitta bureaus)
