THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The last week of January witnessed a decline in the
caseload of
Covid-19 in the state when compared to the previous weeks in the month, says the report of state
health department.
There is an 8.3% decrease in the number of new cases in the current week as compared to the previous week. If 36,700 cases were reported during January 11 to 17, it went upto 42,340 cases between January 18 and 24. However, it has come down to 38,900 cases during January 25 to 31, the report says.
New cases increased by 8.7% in Alappuzha, 4.8% in Kasaragod, 2.3% in Kozhikode, 1.1% in Kollam, whereas it decreased by 35.8% in Wayanad and 19.8% in Kottayam in the current week as compared to the previous week.
If all 14 districts witnessed an increase in caseload during January 18 to 24 when compared to the previous week, only four districts witnessed an increase in caseload last week.
In Thiruvananthapuram, the case load came down to 2,663 during the last week of January from 2,981 of the previous week. Similarly, it came down to 3,017 in Pathanamthitta from 3,374, in Idukki 1,555 from 1,777, in Ernakulam 5,483 from 6,129, in Kottayam 3,609 from 4504, in Malappuram 2,867 from 3,401, in Wayanad 1,259 from 1,964 and in Kannur 1,952 from 2,233.
However, in a few districts there has been no drastic change in reporting of new cases when compared to the previous weeks. Thrissur reported 3,039 cases last week and it was 3,015 the previous week. In Palakkad, 1,568 cases were reported last week when compared to 1,569 the previous week.
Test positivity rate (TPR) of the state was 10.6% last week and 10.9% the previous week. TPR increased in the last week in Alappuzha, Idukki, Thrissur and Kasaragod as compared to the previous week. During Jan 18 to 24, TPR rose in all 14 districts as compared to the previous week. However, during the last week of January, TPR decreased by 26% in Wayanad and 12% in Malappuram.