Kerala tested 1,17,216 samples during the last 24 hours out of which 19,622 were diagnosed with Covid-19, said a release by Veena George, Minister of Health on Monday.
While 132 persons succumbed to the pandemic on Monday, the Test Positivity Rate stood at 16.74. There is nothing to feel relaxed about the reduced number of positive cases diagnosed on Monday, according to doctors in Government Service. “Yesterday being Sunday, the State was under triple lock down. Moreover, the number of samples tested on Monday was far less than what was tested on Sunday, 1,51, 670 samples. Let’s wait till Tuesday morning to know whether this trend would continue or not,” said a government doctor.
Sources of Kerala Government Medical Officers Association told The Pioneer that they were yet to get any response from the authorities to the grievances they have sent. All Government doctors in Kerala would observe Tuesday as a day of protest but without affecting the normal duties.
