Thiruvananthapuram: Go to the fourth week of the third wave, the number of Covid clusters in the district has crossed 100.
The Vikas Bhavan building has emerged as the biggest cluster between government offices.
It began with two index cases in the Vikas Bhavan building on January 10 and in the next two weeks of scattered random distribution reported in the building with various directorates each reported 10 to 30 cases each.
The Directorate of Agriculture and the Directorate of Higher Education Education has reported 35 cases of each while the Ministry of Economy and Statistics has so far reported 27 cases.
Unlike the first two weeks, other institutional clusters exceed the number of health care groups and educational clusters.
The district now has 72 active clusters that 55% have been reported from other institutions; Most government offices.
About 30 clusters have so far been contained in the district.
Even while the cluster has declined among schools and colleges, the speed of the virus that quickly spread in school has been worrying.
Cotton Hill Government Girls High School High School, Vazhuthacaud, has seven index cases on January 13.
Until now, the cumulative case of the school is 121 where 100 cases are categorized as active.
Although strict directives are issued for government office staff, clusters are reported from many workplaces.
Forest headquarters, Vazhuthaud, have reported 78 cases so far with reported cases from the division forest office, administrative wing, and copy copy and wing development.
The middle prison here has become another major cluster with 234 cases.
The Oftalmology Regional Institute is a new active cluster in the health sector.
About 63 active cases here include nine students and 54 staff.
The Central Press government in Thampanoor has also reported 40 active cases so far.
Officials said that the surge in the number of clusters in government offices is a clear indication of violations of the protocol and the spread of the community is also the reason.
“Even if some staff are not symptoms, there is a possibility that they are the main contact in many families with one or more positive cases.
They continue to report to work because they may not be devastated.
This can cause the spread of infection,” an official said.
Caring home and old houses also report clusters in the city.
About 11 cases have been reported from the Sree Chithra poor house and poor houses in Kalladimgham have reported 22 cases.
The landed house has a total of 43 inmates and 18 staff.
Police have also been beaten badly.
Apart from the Cluster at the Museum, Pointhura and Karamana Station, Cluster has been reported from SAP Camp, AR Camp and enforcement traffic.
The total case reported in Sap Camp, Peroorkada, so far is 92.
Nine cases the index was confirmed on January 15.
Many of them returned after the task of the Sabarimala had tested positive.
According to the cluster report, they live in camps and others are infected.