Four more test positive in dist, total no. of cases cross 100

Thiruvananthapuram: The total number of confirmed cases in four months crossed 100 on Sunday in the district with four more persons testing positive for Covid-19.
A 34-year-old man from Attingal, a 39-year-old man from Attingal, a 24-year-old man from Neyyatinkara and a 38-year-old man from Karakkonam were tested positive on Sunday.
While two of them came from Abu Dhabi, two persons came from Hyderabad and Karakkonam. The district had recorded the first Covid case on March 13 and till May 4, the district had a total of 17 confirmed cases. Since May 18, the number of cases has risen sharply in the district. The number of confirmed cases increased from 21 to 62 from May 18 to May 31.
In the past seven days, 41 more confirmed cases were reported in the district. The case load was relatively lesser in March, April and first two weeks of May. The increase in number of persons coming from red zone had caused concerns of an outbreak initially as 1,698 persons came from red zones especially from states like Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra in the first two weeks.
However, all the active cases in the district till the third week of May had come by flight, ship and one person who was tested positive reached the state by road through a different check post.
The district now has a total of 16,289 persons under observation of which 16,072 persons are under home and institutional quarantine. As many as 217 persons have been hospitalized. A total of 36 persons were hospitalized on Sunday.
Since May 18, the district had to deal with cases from local community which otherwise do not figure in the sentinel surveillance. Three remand prisoners were tested positive at Nellanad, Pullampara and Pulimath while another person from Anad was also tested positive. A health worker was tested positive at Navaikulam. A man who hailed from Pozhiyur had also tested positive while he came to RCC. The disease investigation team has not been able to identify sources of infection in any of these cases. Samples of high-risk contacts, primary contacts and secondary contacts have been tested which also came out negative.
As many as 343 samples were sent for testing on Sunday and results of 336 samples received were negative. A total of 2,005 vehicles were inspected on Sunday. Twelve persons have tested negative since May 18. In some cases, the recovery rate has been really swift. There have been three cases in the district which tested negative in less than seven days of hospital admission.