Thiruvalla, July 26, 2020: A Syro-Malankara archdiocese has allowed the district administration to use several of its institutions as Covid care centers as coronavirus infection continues to rattle the southern Indian state of Kerala.
Archbishop Thomas Mar Koorilos of Thiruvalla says the archdiocese has allowed the administration of Pathanamthitta district to set up such centers in its institutions.
They include the Santhi Nilayam complex in Thiruvalla town, boy’s hostel of Mar Athanaseus College for Advanced Studies, Thiruvalla, at Thukalasserry, Bodhana Buildings on Pushpagiri Road, and the Medicity Campus at Perunthuruthy.
The archdiocese also permitted the administration to convert the St. Mary’s Catholic Church auditorium at Thirumoolapuram into a first-line Covid treatment center as and when needed, the archbishop told reporters.
At the end of July 26, Kerala reported 19,026 positive cases with 62 deaths. At the same time, the figures of the entire country were 1,436,019 positive cases and 32,810 deaths. The country saw 48,931 new cases and 702 deaths in the past 24 hours.
In Kerala, Pathanamthitta diocese, covered by the Archdiocese of Thiruvalla, reported 1,112 cases (91 new) and 1 death on July 26.
Source: The Hindu