For the fifth day in a row, Kerala reports 1,000 or more Covid-19 cases; the state's health minister convenes a meeting.
Kerala Cases from Covid-19: During the conference, it was noted that Ernakulam, the capital Thiruvananthapuram, and Kottayam had the highest number of cases, and district authorities were advised to conduct additional tests and raise public awareness about the importance of taking second and precautionary doses at regular intervals.
Kerala recorded more than 1,000 Covid-19 instances for the fifth day in a row on Saturday, forcing the state administration to convene a high-level meeting to assess the issue, according to news agency PTI.
A total of 1,544 new infections were detected in the southern state, bringing the total number of active patients in the state to nearly 8,000.
Health minister Veena George said that the government was closely monitoring the situation and there was no new variants.
"Closely monitoring the situation analytically. No new variants. It is the omicron variant so far. The health department is doing the genomic and spike protein sequencing," the minister told the agency, adding there was no need to worry as she urged people to continue wearing masks and get vaccinated.
During the meeting, it has been observed that Ernakulam, capital Thiruvananthapuram and Kottayam reported the maximum cases and the district authorities have been asked to conduct more tests and create awareness among the people to take second and precautionary doses at regular intervals.
"Even though all those above 18 years have taken the first dose of vaccine, the second dose vaccination in the same age group is 88 per cent. Till now, 22 per cent of people have taken the precautionary dose. Vaccines will be ensured to all students," PTI quoted the minister.
The state had recorded 1,197 new positive cases and five deaths on May 31. On June 1, the state reported 1,370 cases and six deaths, whereas on June 2 the new cases were 1,278 and 20 COVID-19-related deaths. There were 1,465 new cases and 13 deaths on June 3. The COVID-19 dashboard of Kerala shows that the state has 65,63,910 confirmed cases till now and 69,790 coronavirus-related deaths.
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