On Saturday, 321 people tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in Kozhikode district. 255 were recovered.
Meanwhile, the district administration has decided to increase the number of trials before the assembly elections. Mobile testing units will be set up outside offices and institutes. District Collector Serum Sambasiva Rao said in a release that this decision was taken in view of the reluctance on the part of the people to undergo the test.
According to the district medical officer, there were 302 locally acquired infections, and the source of four others was not known. Kozhikode Corporation was responsible for 82 cases of local transmission, Maniyur 19, Kodenchery 13, and Ullheri 10.
6,071 samples were tested, and the daily test positivity rate (TPR) is 5.28%. The active caselad of the district is 3,123.
Meanwhile, the health department said that the vaccination would be done on Sunday in private hospitals in the district. They are Elatil Hospital and Nursing Home, Fatima Hospital, Kozhikode; KK Hospital, Balushir; Vimala Hospital, Nellipoyal and VV Hospital, Thammaraseri.
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