The number of COVID-19 cases continued to rise sharply in Kottayam with 80 people, including five health workers, testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 on Thursday. Besides the health workers, 49 people contracted the infection through local transmission while 26 came from destinations outside the State. There are 389 active cases in the district while 298 have recovered from the disease. Meanwhile, the clusters at various locations from Changanassery to Vaikom continued to expand with more persons on the contact list of patients testing positive. “The office of the District Collector will continue to function as e-office and any further decision will be based on the result of the antigen test,” officials said.

Source: The Hindu July 23, 2020 17:02 UTC