Is Covid situation out of hands in Kerala?

Shockingly, Kerala is recording more than 10,000 Covid-19 cases every single day.  The southern state is contributing about 40 per cent of positive cases in the country daily.

Student leader Eric Stephen went on protest fast for eight days in Thiruvananthapuram to protest APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University’s decision to hold offline exams for about 2.5 lakh students.

He said, “Test positivity rate is high and rising… Many students tested positive due to this and I blame the chief minister’s management for this. They want to show everything is normal, so they are insisting on offline exams whereas the situation is far from that.”

Health economist Rijo M John tweeted, “Kerala still has a larger % of popn unexposed to the virus compared to India. This may be due to relatively better compliance with masking & social distancing despite high population density.”

Dr Santosh Kumar, Deputy Superintendent of Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram said, “TPR has been between 10-12 for the last 6 weeks, everyday, 10,000-15000 cases, gradually increasing. Total cases over one lakh. But hospitalisation… for example, in Thiruvananthapuram medical college, it was 800-1000 but now it has reduced to 250-300. This is a significant decrease.”