There was no respite for Kerala from Covid-19 on Wednesday as the Department of Health diagnosed 22,056 new patients while 131 succumbed to the virus during the last 24 hours. More than 1.96 lakh samples were subjected to test, the average Test Positivity Rate remained high at 11,2 per cent, said the release issued by the Health Depattment.
Wednesday’s report came amidst news that the Union Health Secretary has written to the Kerala Government expressing his anguish and concern over the unabated Covid-19 figures in the State. Though the State Health Minister Veena George alleged that the Union Government was not releasing the quantity of vaccines which Kerala had asked for, the Health Department statistics say that the State had received 23 lakh doses of vaccine between July 15 and 26.
Malappuram topped the table of districts having highest number of Covid cases (3,931) followed by Thrissur (3,005), Kozhikode (2,400) Ernakulam (2,397) and Palakkad (1,649).
The release further said that the 1,96, 902 samples tested on Wednesday was the highest ever samples to be tested in the State on a single day. As on Wednesday, the State had 1.49 lakh Covid-19 patients under treatment.