This story is from July 4, 2020

211 more test +ve on Friday, Kerala to tighten restrictions

The state reported its highest-ever single-day tally of 211 Covid-19 cases on Thursday, including 34 contact cases. As many as 201 patients recovered from the infection on the day. The number of cases reported in the state so far is 4,964, of which 2,098 are undergoing treatment.
211 more test +ve on Friday, Kerala to tighten restrictions
A police officer asks pedestrians who came to Broadway, one of the containment zones in Kochi, to clear the area on Friday
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state reported its highest-ever single-day tally of 211 Covid-19 cases on Thursday, including 34 contact cases. As many as 201 patients recovered from the infection on the day. The number of cases reported in the state so far is 4,964, of which 2,098 are undergoing treatment.
Highlighting the “serious” situation in the state, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the restrictions would be further strengthened as the case load was on the rise in all districts.
“The situation in the city areas of Thiruvananthapuram and Ernakulam is of much concern. In Ponnani also, the situation is very bad. Strict restrictions will be implemented in these places,” he said.
A lottery vendor, a policeman and a fisherman have tested positive in the capital city and their source of infection has not been traced so far. The restrictions at the government secretariat will also be tightened, he said.
Condemning incidents of attack on Covid patients and those in quarantine, Vijayan said the people of the state should stand united in providing all support to them. “No one should forget that these people are undergoing quarantine to prevent the local spread,” he said.
Of the new cases, 138 persons came from abroad and 39 from other states. Malappuram (35) had the most number of cases, followed by Kollam (23), Alappuzha and Thrissur (21 each), Kannur (18), Thiruvananthapuram and Ernakulam (17 each), Kottayam, Palakkad and Kozhikode (14 each), Pathanamthitta and Kasaragod (7 each), Idukki (2) and Wayanad (2).
Besides the policeman in Thiruvananthapuram, the contact cases included 11 members of a family in Alappuzha, six CISF personnel and an aircrew member. The policeman attached to Nandavanam camp had been on duty in several places in the city in the recent days, including the cantonment police station near the government secretariat.

As many as 7,306 samples were collected for testing in the past 24 hours. Till date, 1,91,773 samples (including repeat, augmented and private lab samples) have been sent for tests, of which results of 4,834 are pending. Besides, 51,840 of the total 53,922 samples taken from priority groups as part of sentinel surveillance have tested negative.
A total of 1,77,011 persons are under observation in the state, of whom 1,74,117 are under home/institutional quarantine and 2,894 admitted to designated isolation facilities. Malappuram (248) leads the tally of active cases, followed by Kannur (226), Kollam (204), Palakkad (191), Alappuzha (196), Palakkad (191), Ernakulam (186), Pathanamthitta (181) and Thrissur (180).
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