Kerala on Friday recorded more than 20,000 new coronavirus cases for the fourth consecutive day, PTI reported. The toll rose by 116 to 16,7...
Kerala on Friday recorded more than 20,000 new coronavirus cases for the fourth consecutive day, PTI reported. The toll rose by 116 to 16,701.
With 20,772 cases, Kerala’s tally rose to 33,70,137 since the pandemic broke out last year. The state’s test positivity rate, which is the percentage of people who test positive for the virus out of those who have been tested overall, jumped to 13.61%.
The state has reporting the highest number of cases in India for the past few weeks. On Thursday, Kerala alone accounted for nearly half of the country’s total count of 44,230 infections.
A central team of health officials reached the state late on Friday evening to take stock of the pandemic situation, ANI reported.
SK Singh, the Director of National Centre for Disease Control, said that they will hold discussions with the state government. “There are many concerns...rise in positivity rate is one,” he said. “Cases are declining everywhere but transmission is continuing in Kerala.”
Kerala: A central team arrives in Thiruvananthapuram amid rise in #COVID19 cases in the state. pic.twitter.com/VNRG5DIuym
— ANI (@ANI) July 30, 2021
Meanwhile, on Friday, the Kerala government announced a Rs 5,650 crore package for helping out small traders, industries and farmers hit hard by the economic crisis due to Covid-19, The Hindu reported.
