केरल में कोविड-19 मामलों की बढ़ती संख्या गंभीर चिंता का विषय है। मुख्यमंत्री ने पणजी में कहा कि केरल में तीसरी लहर के मामलों में वृद्धि देखी. | News Track
The southern state has the third highest COVID-19 infections in the country with 19.67 lakh cases, and still has only 4.24 lakh active cases, or 22 per cet and lowest mortality rate at 0.3 per cent
COVID-19: Kerala mulls complete lockdown in districts with high positivity rate ANI | Updated: May 01, 2021 08:35 IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], May 1 (ANI): Amid the rising COVID-19 cases in the state, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said a complete lockdown may be imposed in the districts with a high positivity rate from May 4. The surge in the COVID cases shows that the situation in the state is going worse. In this context, the interventions have been strengthened at all levels. Apart from the restrictions announced earlier, a full lockdown may have to be imposed in some districts where the Test Positivity Rate is exceeding 50 per cent. We will be going for more stringent restrictions from May 4,” Vijayan said while addressing media personnel on Friday.
Updated Feb 09, 2021 | 09:13 IST
Around 190 students and 70 teachers from two government schools in Kerala were tested covid positive. The schools are based in Malappuram. Both the schools have been closed now for disinfecting. 190 students, 70 teachers in Kerala tested covid positive | Photo Credit: Representative Image
Around 190 students and 70 teachers of two government schools in Malappuram have tested positive for COVID-19, prompting health officials to ask school authorities in the district to keep extra vigil and strictly implement the COVID-19 protocol.
A district health official said around Over 600 students of the school were subjected to virus testing after a student had tested positive late last week. All the students who were tested positive belonged to Class X and classmates of the student who tested positive first, the official said.