Aiming to flatten the COVID-19 curve, the district administration had launched an intensive and focussed testing drive on Tuesday. On the first day (Tuesday to Wednesday) the testing drive yielded the largest spike in the district with 1,049 positive cases and as per health officials, the count on the second day has exceeded 600 cases. The district has received around 10,000 rapid antigen kits and emphasis is being laid on testing all high-risk persons in the very active clusters. It is learnt that another set of rapid antigen kits are on their way to the city and the drive will continue for the next one week. “The bright side is that we are covering a large chunk of suspect cases in the very active and active clusters.

Source: The Hindu July 23, 2020 17:48 UTC