684 people test positive in district, while 826 have been infected in Malappuram and 547 in Palakkad
Active COVID-19 cases from Kozhikode crossed the 5,000-mark on Saturday when 684 people were tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in the district. As many as 5,229 people are undergoing treatment at present, of whom 1,534 are in home isolation.
According to the District Medical Officer, the highest number of cases through local transmission continues to be in the Kozhikode Corporation area, where 357 of the total 639 such cases in the district were reported. Beypore recorded 85 cases. Across the district, the source of infection was unknown in 28 people. Eleven health workers are among the newly infected. As many as 414 people were cured of the infection.
Three deaths
Three more deaths were reported from the Government Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode. They include a 58-year-old woman…
