As 962 new persons were diagnosed with Covid-19 on Monday, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan gave a piece of his mind to all including Health Minister KK Shylaja over the ever increasing number of pandemic cases in the State.
Monday saw two persons succumbing to Covid-19 in Kerala. The Chief Minister was upset over the increase in the number of patients in the State which had declared that Covid curve has been flattened.
“Initially all of us were working with dedication and commitment. But that was lost midway and a sense of complacency has set in. All of us are equally responsible for the present situation as we threw caution to wind. We were carried away by the praise showered on us by other countries which were competing against each other to wax eloquence on us,” said Vijayan as minister Shylaja and other officials sat grim faced.
Out of the 962 persons tested positive on Monday, 801 contracted the pandemic through local transmission, he said. “There were 55 expatriates and 85 persons from other States who tested positive today while 40 patients could not furnish details of the source from where they contracted the disease,” said Vijayan.
The only positive news from the field was the number of persons who made recovery from the ailment. “815 persons got cured on Monday. Thiruvananthapuram continued to be the city with highest number of Covid-19 patients (205) followed by Ernakulam (106) and Alappuzha (101),” he said.
The number of hotspots shot up to 506 while the Chief Minister said he had entrusted the covid-19 management to the State Police who would take stringent measures to eliminate the pandemic.
The responsibility of marking the containment zones too have been handed over to the State Police. The Chief Minister said the police has been asked to mark and monitor the containment zones.