Thiruvananthapuram: Thiruvananthapuram recorded the third highest number of Covid cases among districts in May.
However, the case fatality rate recorded in the district in this past week was 2.33%, the highest in the state.
A week before that, case fatality rate was 1.2% which was lower than the 1.3% recorded by Alappuzha.
The number of cases peaked from just 5,385 to 1.03 lakh in Trivandrum between March and May.
Ernakulam and Malappuram, the two other districts with the highest number of cases in May, saw the numbers going up from 6,639 to 1.16 lakh (Ernakulam) and from 5,615 to 1.23 lakh (Malappuram).
However, while Malappuram and Ernakulam went past Thiruvananthapuram in total number of cases in May, death toll for the districts in the past week was 28 and 110 respectively.
For Thiruvananthapuram, the death toll for the past week was 361.
The case fatality rates for Ernakulam and Malappuram in the past week were 0.85% and 0.17% respectively.
Among the districts which recorded the highest peak in the last two months, Thiruvananthapuram has recorded the slowest decline.
In the past two weeks, while cases declined by 21% in the district, for Malappuram and Ernakulam the rate was 42% and 31% respectively.
Even on Saturday, 2,234 cases were reported in the district with a TPR of 18.3%.
The positivity rate in tests conducted in the government sector was 21.6%.
Both RTPCR and antigen tests in government sector showed positivity rates of 19.3% and 23.6% respectively.
Even with an extended lockdown, Thiruvananthapuram has not been able to bring down the case rate.
Since June 8, while the daily tests touched above 10,000, the TPR stood above 17%.
Meanwhile, 2,167 persons recovered from Covid-19 in the district on Saturday.
Of the 2,234 new cases, 2,103 infections were through local contact and 14 are health workers.
While, 3,571 persons were brought under surveillance in the district on Saturday, 4,588 completed the observation period without showing any symptoms.
As on Saturday, 28 panchayats in the district recorded TPR of 25% and above in the last six days.
While the TPR of Anchuthengu has come down from 50%, it still shows 44%.
High CFR & slow decline a concern
