The situation in Kerala arising out of the spread of Covid-19 has become grave by Tuesday, according to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. Health Department on Tuesday diagnosed 1,167 new patients who had contracted Covid-19, said the Chief Minister during his media briefing onTuesday.
While 679 persons recovered from the pandemic on Tuesday, the day saw the number of persons infected through local transmission reaching 888, said the Chief Minister. “We lost four persons to Covid-19 during the last 24 hours and the situation in the State has become really serious. All 14 districts in the State are in the grip of coronavirus,” said Vijayan.
There were 55 infected persons on Tuesday who could not pinpoint the time, place, and sources from where they contracted the pandemic, said the Chief Minister. “The capital city of Thiruvananthapuram is grievous. On Tuesday we had 227 positive cases in the district.
The situation is becoming worse by the day,” he said. There are 486 hotspots in the State while 1,167 persons were admitted to hospitals. “As on Tuesday, there are 10,091 Covid-19 patients undergoing treatment in hospitals,” he said.
The chief minister was all praise for the Church and Madrasa officials in the State who are supporting the initiatives taken by the Government. “The media in Kerala is not sincere in their reporting about the fatalities reported from various places in the State,” said Pinarayi Vijayan.
Referring to the national scenario, the chief minister said that while one person out of 12 persons tested positive in the rest of the country, in Kerala it was one out of 36. “In Thiruvananthapuram, one out of every 18 persons were tested positive,” he said.
Kadakampalli Surendran, minister for devaswam, has been suggested by doctors to undergo home quarantine because one of his staff members was tested positive.