The capital’s COVID-19 daily case graph inched towards a four-figure mark with 892 people testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 on Sunday. Active COVID-19 cases also crossed 7,000 for the first time in the district.
With two more deaths being attributed to COVID-19, the death toll in the district has risen to 167. Those who succumbed to the disease were natives of Koonthalloor (48-year-old) and Balaramapuram (58-year-old).
Among those diagnosed with the disease, 748 contracted the infection through local transmission. The source of infection in 111 cases were unknown. While 27 of the patients were undergoing quarantine in their homes, four others had come from other States. While the patients included 365 females and 527 males, they included 99 people aged below 15 years and 119 aged above 60 years.
While 478 people recovered from the illness on the day, as many as 7,133 patients were…