There was no relief for Kerala despite the reduced number of tests to identify new cases of Covid-19 patients on Tuesday, according to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. Briefing the media at Thiruvananthapuram, the chief minister said 8,764 new persons were diagnosed on Tuesday across Kerala while 21 persons succumbed to the pandemic.
“There are 95, 407 active patients undergoing treatment across Kerala as on Tuesday. I am disappointed with the kind of behaviour shown by some sections of the Kerala society towards my request to observe the Covid-19 protocol,” said Vijayan. He said there has been a reduction in the number of tests which should not have happened.
He said that though there has been a small decline in the number of patients in Thiruvananthapuram district, the number of children below the age group of 15 has increased and this is a cause for worry. “Parents are forcing their children to attend private tuition and entrance coaching classes. This is the reason for the children in large numbers getting afflicted with the pandemic,” said Vijayan.
He said that as on Tuesday the Test Positivity Rate was 18.1 per cent.
The health department tested 48,000 samples during the last 24 hours. Vijayan said that 7,723 patients across the State were cured of the pandemic on Tuesday.