Kerala reports 32,803 new Covid-19 cases, 173 deaths

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala for the second day in a row recorded over 30,000 Covid cases with a test positivity rate of 18.76%. The state recorded 32,803 new cases, and 21,610 recoveries, taking the total tally of active cases to 2,29,912, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said in a statement.

The test positivity rate was 18.76 per cent.

The day also saw 21,610 people turn negative taking the total number of active cases to 2,29,912, while there were 173 fresh deaths, taking the death toll to 20,961.

Among the 14 districts of the state, Thrissur recorded the highest with 4,425 cases followed by Ernakulam (4,324), Kozhikode (3,251), Malappuram (3,099), Kollam (2,663), Thiruvananthapuram (2,579), Palakkad (2,309), Kottayam (2,263), Alappuzha (1,975), Kannur (1,657), Pathanamthitta (1,363), Wayanad (1,151) and Idukki (1,130).

Meanwhile, government sources said on Wednesday that Kerala needs to implement strict containment measures and strategic lockdown to bring down the cases. The sources said that there is hesitancy to impose lockdown and strategic containment measures for reducing transmission intensity even as the small coastal state is contributing to over three-fourth of the new daily Covid-19 cases in the country.

On Tuesday also the state saw over 30,000 new cases but state Health Minister Veena George said that things have not gone out of hand and as the expert committee has opined that the situation will stabilise after September 10.