Overview

• Tests on August 27 confirmed the infection in a 43-year-old woman, officials said Thursday.
• Kozhikode Medical College is treating 10 patients, including four children and two relatives of a nine-year-old who died earlier this month.
• Current patients under care come from Kozhikode, Wayanad and Malappuram districts.
• Under the Public Health Act, pools at resorts, hotels, water parks and training centers must be chlorinated daily with logged checks, with legal action for lapses.
• The state has launched a drive to clean and chlorinate wells and other water bodies, and reports 41 cases this year with 18 active hospitalizations.