Kerala is going through serious situation with COVID: CM
ANI
06 May 2021, 04:03 GMT+10
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], May 5 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday cautioned that the state is facing a very serious situation as the Covid is spreading rapidly. Kerala is going through a serious situation with COVID spreading rapidly in the state. The test positivity rate is not coming down. The situation calls for imposing more restrictions in the state : said Vijayan.
The state recorded its highest single day rise of 41,953 new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday from 1,63,321 sample tested.
Ernakulam district has the maximum number of 6,558 new cases. As many as 58 deaths were also confirmed as caused by Covid taking the related death toll in the state to 5,565. Presently, there are 3,75,658 patients undergoing treatment while 23,106 patients have recovered from the disease today.Briefing the media, Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan said, The All figures are