Even as the threat posed by Nipah is fast vanishing as more persons under surveillance tested negative, Covid-19 returned with vigour in Kerala on Wednesday. Out of the 1.71 lakh samples tested during the last 24 hours, 30,196 persons tested positive for Covid-19 while the Test Positivity Rate climed to 17.63 per cent, according to Health Minister Veena George.
The death toll till date in the State touched 22,001 as 181 lives were claimed by the pandemic during the last 24 hours. Thrissur (3832), Ernakulam (3611) Kozhikode (3058) and Thiruvananthapuram (2900) topped the table of distrocts with highest daily cases.
As on Wednesday evening, 2.39 lakh persons are undergoing treatment for Covid-19 in the State.