Situation in Kerala continued to be grave on Saturday as 1,129 new persons were tested positive for Covid-19 and eight persons succumbed to the pandemic during the last 24 hours that ended on Saturday evening. The total fatalities have reached 81 in Kerala with Saturday's eight deaths.
In a sign that not all is well in the State, 880 out of the 1,129 new persons tested positive for coronavirus were contracted through local transmission, according to a press release issued by the Department of Health. The number of new patients, the mode of getting contracted with the disease and the intensity of transmission all prove that Covid-19 has become serious in the State.
The capital city of Thiruvananthapuram accounted for the highest number of Covid-19 patients. The district tested 259 new patients on Saturday, out of which 241 got infected through local transmission.
The situation was no different in Kasaragod that tested 153 patients with Covid-19. The number of patients getting contracted with the pandemic through local transmission in the district showed 151. While 89 expatriates and 114 persons from other States who returned to Kerala tested positive there were 58 patients who could not furnish the details of the source from where they contracted the pandemic. The State also saw 24 health workers and 11 Kerala State Electricity Board employees too got infected with coronavirus.
There are 10,862 persons undergoing treatment in various hospitals in the State. A total of 1,257 patients were hospitalized on Saturday, all because of Covid-19.
Kerala’s testing for Covid-19 continued to be small as the State could test only 20,518 samples in the last 24 hours. While the State Government offcials put up a brave face claiming everything is under control, a sense of helplessness and uncertainty is prevailing in Kerala.