The district witnessed the highest single-day spike in the number of new COVID-19 cases on Friday with 87 persons testing positive for SARS-CoV-2. With this, the total number of active COVID-19 cases in the district touched 416. Fifty of the 87 new cases got the infection through contact while 30 came from other States and abroad. Seven tested positive for the viral infection during a Rapid Antigen Test drive on Friday. A total of 5,500 persons have been quarantined in the district.

Source: The Hindu July 17, 2020 16:37 UTC