Though Kerala diagnosed 25,010 new Covid-19 patients on Friday out of the 1.51 lakh samples tested, the situation in the State was under control, according to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
Addressing the reporters at Thiruvananthapuram. The Chief Minister said that the State has successfully managed the second wave of the pandemic attack and was on its way to full recovery.
“Only one per cent of the patients admitted to the hospitals required ICU treatment and 95 per cent of the patients who succumbed to the pandemic were those who did not get vaccinated,” said Vijayan.
He said the Government was working out the modalities for the re-opening of schools and colleges in the State. “We are on our way to normalcy and we are learning to co-exist with the Covid-19,” a visibly relaxed chief minister told the media.
All persons above the age of 18 and above would be administered vaccines before September 30. The chief minister said Kerala was the only State in the country which effectively handled and managed the pandemic though it was more vulnerable due to the high density of population and the thin line of rural-urban divide.