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Why Kerala is unable to bring its epidemic curve down?
The Hindu
Kerala’s epidemic curve, after scaling the peak in mid-May when the test positivity rate was around 30% and approximately 44,000 cases were being reported daily, has since the past four weeks settled
Kerala’s epidemic curve, after scaling the peak in mid-May when the test positivity rate was around 30% and approximately 44,000 cases were being reported daily, has since the past four weeks settled at a level wherein an average of 12,000 new cases are reported daily and the TPR is steady at 10-11%. Why does Kerala continue to report a huge number of cases daily when the case graph has plunged in other States? Unlike in other States, why is the epidemic curve in the State staying on a long plateau? It is a combination of factors peculiar to Kerala as well as the consistent manner in which the State has been responding to the pandemic that has the State still riding a long plateau out, public health experts believeMore Related News