India secured the second spot in the massive cases of corona in the country. Recently, the COVID-19 surge continues in Kerala, the highest single-day surge in the state was reported with 2,655 new cases, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said. Speaking to the media, the CM said that, "on account of Onam, and the repose in rules, this was expected but if compared to the basic indicators of spread with other states, we have done well to keep such indicators below the national average."
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He also said that compared to most of the other states, Kerala has performed well due to proactive COVID-19 mitigation measures taken up by the state government. Currently, there are 21,800 active COVID-19 cases in the state. Eleven deaths were reported till now taking the death toll to 338. Pinarayi Vijayan also said Kerala has one of the lowest mortality rates of 8.4 deaths per million as compared to the national average of 48 and pointed out that the numbers of neighboring states of Tamil Nadu where it is almost 11 times higher than Kerala while in Karnataka, the death toll is about 12 times higher.
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"The case fatality rate is the number of deaths per 100 infected persons. In Kerala, it is 0.4 while it is 1.7 in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, and 0.9 in Andhra Pradesh," Vijayan stated reporters. The Chief Minister said Kerala is the most populous state in India in terms of the number of elderly and those suffering from diseases like cancer and diabetes.