Kerala on Saturday reported 1,544 new COVID-19 cases, taking the number of active patients in the state to 7,972, prompting state health minister Veena George to convene a high-level meeting to assess the situation. For the last five days, Kerala 1,000. reporting more than coronavirus cases each day and total 48 COVID related deaths.
After the meeting, George said the health department was monitoring the situation closely and there was no new appearance. “Analytically monitoring the situation closely. No new variants. This is the Omron variant as of now. The health department is doing genomic and spike protein sequencing,” the minister told PTI.
George said there was no need to worry and urged everyone to wear masks and get vaccinated. The high-level meeting noted that Ernakulam, Thiruvananthapuram and Kottayam districts had the highest number of cases and the district authorities were directed to conduct more tests. The health department directed the district officials to create awareness among the people to take second dose and precautionary dose at regular intervals. “Even though all people above the age of 18 have received their first dose of vaccine, the second dose vaccination is 88 percent in the same age group. So far 22 percent people have taken the precautionary dose. Vaccines will be ensured for all students,” the minister said in a release later.
The state had recorded 1,197 new positive cases and five deaths on May 31. On June 1, the state recorded 1,370 cases and six deaths, while on June 2 there were 1,278 new cases and 20 COVID-19 related deaths. On June 3, there were 1,465 new cases and 13 deaths. Kerala’s COVID-19 dashboard shows that 65,63,910 confirmed cases and 69,790 coronavirus-related deaths have been reported in the state so far.
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