India Covid: Highly infectious variants detected in 90% patients in Kerala
Web Report/Thiruvananthapuram
Filed on May 7, 2021 | Last updated on May 7, 2021 at 11.56 am
The state will be clamped under a lockdown from Saturday as a worried government takes measures to battle the crisis.
The Covid crisis in Kerala is turning critical, with the state recording the highest single-day spike of 42,464 new cases on Thursday, taking the active tally to 390,906. With 63 deaths, the total has gone up to 5,628.
According to the official data cited by the media, variants of the virus have been detected in 90 per cent of the cases and get transmitted from one person to three people through contact. The worst-hit districts in the state are Ernakulam and Thrissur, which are reporting an average of 50 deaths daily.