Active COVID-19 caseload drops below 20,000 in Kozhikode

1,306 people test positive while 2,669 recover from infection

The active COVID-19 caseload in Kozhikode district dropped to 19,983 on Sunday when 2,669 more people recovered from the infection. As many as 1,306 new cases were reported. According to the District Medical Officer, the daily test positivity rate is 13.78% when 9,762 samples were tested. Of the fresh cases, 1,287 were due to local transmission of the infection, and the source of 17 others is not known. Kozhikode Corporation accounted for 322 cases of locally acquired infections, Olavanna 61, and Chathamangalam 38.