Kerala logs 15,768 COVID cases; TPR below 15%

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala's Covid situation improved on Tuesday, with the daily positivity rate for Covid tests falling below 15%.

According to a statement by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, 15,768 persons tested positive after 1,05,513 samples were tested in the last 24 hours. The death toll from the Covid outbreak now stands at 23,897.

The state has seen more recoveries than new cases in the last few days, and on Tuesday, 21,367 persons went negative, leaving 1,61,195 active cases, of which 13.7% were hospitalised.

Meanwhile, the vaccination strategy in the state saw 2.4 crore people in the above 18 age category getting their first dose while those who received both the doses crossed the one crore mark.