Marginal rise in COVID-19 cases in Ernakulam
The HinduThe district has reported a slight uptick in the number of COVID-19 cases. The authorities said there was no need to panic as the marginal increase came in view of the increase in number of tests conducted over the past two weeks following reports of a spike in the number of positive cases across the State. “After a lull of seven months since April 2023, the number of positive cases has started climbing slowly. But COVID-19 will remain a cyclical disease as it will keep coming back to every region in the world, with gaps in between,” said Dr. Rajeev Jayadevan, member of the Indian Medical Association’s public health advisory panel. Sunny P. Orathel, medical superintendent of Rajagiri Hospital, Aluva, said 10 of the nearly 140 samples tested in November were positive, compared to the positivity rate of 2.2% in October.