Health Department authorities here heaved a sigh of relief on Tuesday as only three persons in the district tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. The number of active COVID-19 cases in the district dropped to 267 with 19 persons cured of the disease. The total number of COVID-19 cases in the district since March 7 has been put at 584 while the number of persons cured of the disease 316 as on Tuesday. As many as 86 persons contracted the disease through contact.
A total of 291 persons, comprising patients and those with symptoms, have been admitted to the isolation wards of hospitals as on Tuesday evening. As per an officials bulletin, 132 of them are at the Pathanamthitta General Hospital, 19 at the District Hospital in Kozhencherry, 72 persons at the First-line COVID Treatment Centre (FCTC) at Menanthottom Hospital in Ranni, 36 persons at the FCTC at Archana Hospital in Pandalam, 19 at FCTC at Eraviperoor, and 13 others at various private hospitals in the district.
A total of 5,756 persons have been quarantined. These include 2,288 people who came from other States, 1,665 persons who came from abroad and 1,803 who are contacts of the infected persons.
Containment zones
The Kerala State Disaster Management Authority declared 13 more municipal and panchayat wards as containment zones in Thiruvalla municipality and in the grama panchayats of Aruvappulam, Kodumon, Naranganam, Kottangal and Cherukol on Tuesday.
With this, 53 wards have been designated as containment zones in the district.
