Kerala Covid Situation Out Of Hand? This Is What Government, Experts Say

Kerala, which has been lauded for best practices in Covid management, is now contributing about 40 per cent of positive cases in the country daily.

At a time when other parts of the country are reporting daily Covid case counts in double digits, Kerala has been consistently clocking over 10,000 cases everyday. The southern state, which has been lauded in the past for its best practices in Covid management, is now contributing about 40 per cent of positive cases in the country daily. In the week that ended Sunday, Kerala reported 1,10,593 cases with an average positivity rate of 11 per cent. Student leader Eric Stephen went on protest fast for eight days in Thiruvananthapuram to protest APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University's decision to hold offline exams for about 2.5 lakh students. Over 35 students are reported to have tested positive after the exams.