Thiruvananthapuram:  Kerala last day reported its daily  Covid tally dip to 13,984.  After a week when it registered around one lakh new Covid cases with over 20,000 cases daily, cases came from 1,27,903 samples tested in the past 24 hours, taking the daily test positivity rate to 10.93. Test Positivity Rate in Kerala was hovering at the rate of 13 percent in the days when over 20,000 new cases were reported practically every day in the past week. There were 1,65,322 active cases in the state after 15,923 people turned negative.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, said in a statement. He also said another 118 Covid deaths were reported, taking the death toll to 16,955. Meanwhile, the Central health team officials continued their tour of the state in two batches and are expected to call on top health officials.

The figures for August 2 is likely to bring some relief for Vijayan as he has come under fire from several quarters as, despite the state under partial lockdown for the past 85 days, the daily number of cases was rising so was the TPR and presently Kerala is leading the rest of the country in most of the Covid indicators.

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