Malappuram (Kerala): A COVID-19 treatment centre with over 1,000 beds has been set up at Calicut University in Malappuram district of Kerala.
Malappuram District Collector K Gopalakrishnan said that patients who have tested positive but don't have any symptoms will be treated here.
K Gopalakrishnan said, "The first-line treatment centre with around 1,300 beds is arranged in the Calicut University Women's Hostel. It provides full-time service with a team of 10 doctors, 50 nurses, and 50 trauma care volunteers to carry out cleaning and other activities."
"In addition to free meals, the university-assisted internet facility and other entertainment facilities are available to alleviate stress," he added.
He further said that another facility for the staff to stay at has also been arranged to avoid further spread of the virus.
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Meanwhile, Kerala recorded 623 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 9,553.
Addressing the media, Chief Minister said of the new cases, 432 cases were reported from local contacts.
"The district-wise details of the new positive cases are 157 from Thiruvananthapuram district, 74 in Kasargod district, 72 from Ernakulam district, 64 each in Pathanamthitta and Kozhikode districts, 55 from Idukki district, 35 in Kannur district, 25 from Kottayam district, 20 in Alappuzha district. 19 from Palakkad district, 18 in Malappuram district, 11 from Kollam district, five in Thrissur district and four from Wayanad district," CM said.
"Till now, 9,553 COVID-19 cases were confirmed in the State of which 4,880 are active cases. There are at present 1,84,601 people under surveillance in various districts of the state, 1,79,612 in-home or institutional quarantine and 4,989 in isolation at hospitals. 602 persons were admitted to the hospital on Wednesday," He added.
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Chief Minister further said that in the last 24 hours, 16,444 samples were tested.
"There are 16 new hotspots today while nine places have been exempted from the list. There are 234 hotspots in Kerala now," he said.
On the other hand, India on Thursday recorded 9,68,876 confirmed cases of coronavirus with 24,915 fatalities recorded so far.
With inputs from ANI
