Kerala’s COVID graph shows rising trend

Ernakulam has the maximum number of active cases at 2,301, followed by Thiruvananthapuram with 1,105 cases.

The COVID-19 graph in the State continues to show a rising trend.

The graph which has been showing an increasing trend for the past one week with 750-800 cases recorded over a thousand cases for the second consecutive day on Wednesday.

From 1,197 cases on Tuesday, new cases went up to 1,370 on Wednesday when 15,618 samples were tested in the past 24 hours. The test positivity rate also went up from 7.07 % to 8.77% on the day.

The burden of active cases which stood at 3,051 on April 1 had fallen further to 1,930 on May 1 and has now climbed to 6,129 as on June 1, points out N. C. Krishnaprasad, a Health department official who has been closely tracking COVID data since the beginning of the pandemic.

Ernakulam has the maximum number of active cases at 2,301, followed by Thiruvananthapuram with 1,105 cases.

COVID-19 cases are expected to come in waves and even when hospitalisations have not surged, preventing new infections should be a priority.

The public should maintain all COVID protocols and use face masks without fail when in public places because despite the basic protection rendered by vaccines, reinfections/breakthrough infections need not necessarily be mild.