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Why Is Kerala Reporting So Many More COVID-19 Cases Than Other Indian States?
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KOCHI: While Kerala continues to report a high number of Covid cases daily, experts attribute the trend partly to reinfection. Kerala is on top of the list of states in terms of daily fresh cases and total active cases.
According to experts, the reinfection could either be due to new strains of the virus or persistent infection.
The state has more than 1.25 lakh active Covid cases at present and the test positivity rate (TPR) has remained above 10 percent for the last few weeks, even crossing 11 percent at times.
However, according to doctors, it is difficult to differentiate cases of Covid reinfection that might be due to new strains or variants from that of persistent infection. There is no reliable data or study that clearly states how long the virus remains in the body of a person.
The Opposition and some experts have questioned the celebrated Kerala model of Covid management at a time daily cases have remained stubbornly high and the second wave has refused to taper off.
A state otherwise lauded for its quality health services, Kerala has been struggling to bring down Covid cases with most states even in the neighbourhood doing better.
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On Thursday, Kerala recorded 13,772 new Covid-19 cases the highest in the country and 142 deaths, pushing the virus caseload to 30,25,466 and fatalities to 14,250.
More than half the Covid cases in India last week were reported from Kerala and Maharashtra, according to the Centre. While Kerala accounted for 32 per cent of the cases, Maharashtra registered 21 per cent.