It turned out to be a black Tuesday in Kerala as the State saw the passing away of two eminent persons, KR Gowry (iconic Communist leader) and Madambu Kunjikuttan, novelist, play right and actor of repute. The day culminated with the department of health confirming the death of 79 persons due to Covid-19. This is the highest number of persons to die in a single day since the pandemic was reported in the State in late January 2020.
According to the Department of Health, 37, 290 persons were diagnosed with Covid-19 during the 12 hours ending 6 pm Tuesday. This took the Test Positivity Ratio to 26.77. There were 4,23, 957 patients undergoing treatment for Covid-19 in various hospitals across the State which has been under lock down since Saturday last.
The unabated increase in the number of health workers getting afflicted with Covid continued on Tuesday. The State recorded 143 new health workers who were contracted with the pandemic. As per the daily releases issued by the Health Department, more than 100 health workers are getting afflicted with the pandemic.
The Kerala Government Medical Officers Association in a letter to the Chief Minister on Monday had expressed concern over the ever increasing number of health workers as this could lead to severe human resources shortage in the Covid treatment hospitals.