Contact transmission rising steeply in district

Thiruvananthapuram: Active cases in the district increased further on Saturday after a slight dip for two days as district recorded 1,310 Covid-19 cases — the highest single-day tally so far. Contact transmission has been rising steadily over the last few days and on Saturday, cumulative contact transmission in the district stood at 97.1%. On Saturday, 905 people recovered from infection.
The contact transmission has declined slightly in September and by the second week it has climbed at a steady pace and by October first week, transmission has peaked rapidly in the district as local spread rose from 96 to 97%.
In the past 10 days, 80 people died of Covid-19 in the district. Nearly 10,000 positive cases were reported in the same period and test rate has also increased significantly in the district with daily tests crossing 7,000. The recovery rate in the district has increased from 67.62% to 72.08% since October 1. The capital also continues to have the highest mortality rate in the state and since October 1, death rate increased from 0.66% to 0.69%.
Among the persons confirmed with Covid-19 on Saturday, 11 people were under home isolation. A total of 226 people were categorised as those without known source of infection. A total of 527 patients are females and 783 are males. A total of 142 patients are aged below 15 and 193 persons are aged above 60. On Saturday, 4,483 people were brought under disease surveillance in the district on Saturday. A total of 31,510 people are currently under observation in the district. A total of 2,919 persons completed observation period in the district on Saturday. As many as 12,127 persons are currently under treatment in the district.