The latest report in Kerala, with the addition of 7,002 new cases on Friday, COVID-19 count touched 4,62,469, while over 80,000 people are currently undergoing treatment, Health Minister KK Shailaja said. 27 deaths were confirmed due to Covid in Kerala today, pushing the toll to 1,640. As many as 7,854 people were recovered from the infection, taking the recoveries to 3,88,504, the minister said in a press release here.
Currently, 83,208 people are undergoing treatment for the disease. In the last 24 hours, 63,384 samples have been tested and so far 49,85,584 samples have been sent for testing. Thrissur last recorded 951 cases, Kozhikode 763, Malappuram 761 and Ernakulam 673 cases. Of those who tested positive, 98 had come from outside the state and 6192 were infected through contact while the source of infection of 646 people is not known. Those who tested positive for the virus included 66 health workers. As many as 3,07,828 people are presently under observation in the state in various districts and 21,148 are in hospitals. Eight new areas were added in the list of hotspots and 10 were removed.
Kerala’s Health minister Shailaja is a role model for successfully taking all the precautions that are needed to contain Coronavirus. It is her words previously appeared in the media- she said “Fighting an epidemic like corona requires scientific temper, humanism and a spirit for inquiry and reform. Superstition, credulity, emotionalism and irrationalism will derail the whole process by dispiriting and discouraging the experts and health activists who try hard to resolve the threat scientifically. In Kerala, we have initiated stringent police action against those who attempted to spread stupidity in the face of virus scare. That was among the main reasons why Kerala made some early advantages in checking the spreading of the virus,’’
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