No respite from Covid cases in Kerala as TPR touches 17%
Kovid cases in Kerala show no sign of slowing down as 20,224 people turned positive after 1,19,385 samples were tested in the last 24 hours on Friday, taking the test positivity rate to 16.94 per cent.
A statement issued by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan also said that 17,142 people turned negative, taking the total number of active cases to 1,82,285. On Friday, there was a drop in the daily Covid deaths, with 99 people succumbing to the disease, taking the death toll to 19,345.
The three-day Onam festival began on Friday and a peek into the Covid scenario during Onam 2020 revealed that there were 2,543 positive cases and 2,097 cured, while 23,111 were active cases on this day. Compared to that time, this Onam scene is very bad and for several days, Kerala has reported more than 50 per cent of the daily new Covid positive cases in the country.
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