For the second day in succession, Kerala diagnosed more than 1,000 persons afflicted with Covid-19. “Today also we have tested higher number of patients with covid-19. On Thursday, 1,078 persons were diagnosed with Covid pandemic. The disease claimed five lives across the State during the last 24 hours,” said Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in his media briefing on Thursday. On Wednesday, 1,038 persons were found to be affected with Covid-19.
Out of the 1,078 persons tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, 798 were infected through contacts, said Vijayan. He also said that Thiruvananthapuram (222), Kollam (106) and Ernakulam (100) were the districts which tested higher number of patients.
The State has 16,110 Covid patients. Hospitals in the State have 9,408 patients undergoing treatment for the pandemic. The day also saw 432 persons getting discharged from the hospitals after they were found to be fully recovered.
The Chief Minister said that the Council of Ministers which met on Thursday morning had asked the Governor to cancel the one-day session of the Legislative Assembly called for next week. “This is because of the unusual situation prevailing in the State and also due to the advanced age of some members of the legislative assembly.
EP Jayarajan, the Minister for industries and the second-in-command to the Chief Minister who briefed the media after the cabinet meeting in the morning blamed the media for spreading fake and false news about the Covid-19 situation in the State.
“There are many Opposition leaders who want the Covid-19 patients in the State should increase. They don’t what the pandemic to subside and are interested in making political gains through the sufferings of the poor people,” said Jayarajan.