Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister, Shri Pinarayi Vijayan today announced that the lockdown in the State will be extended till May 23 as the test positivity rates are high in all the districts. “Strict restrictions will be required in places where the disease is not under control and the number of patients is increasing. To bring down the severe spread of the disease, triple lockdown will be implemented in Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam, Thrissur and Malappuram districts from May 16”, the CM said while briefing the media.
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Trivandrum: The Information & Public Relations Department, Government of Kerala has published the contact details of Covid Control Rooms and Oxygen War Rooms in all the districts of the State:
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Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala today reported 43,529 new cases of Covid-19 from 1,46,320 sample tests in the last 24 hours with a test positivity rate of 29.75%. This is the highest number of new positive cases to be detected on any single day so far. 95 deaths were also confirmed today as caused by Covid taking the related death toll in the State to 6,053. At present, there are 4,32,789 persons under treatment across Kerala even as 34,600 patients have recovered from the disease today. Ernakulam district has the highest number of…
Read MoreCovid treatment charges fixed for private hospitals in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram,: Kerala Chief Minister, Shri Pinarayi Vijayan today informed that the government has issued orders capping the charges for the treatment of Covid patients who directly go to private hospitals in the State.
Read More41,971 cases today, 28.25% TPR, 4,17,101 patients under treatment
Thiruvananthapuram: 41,971 new cases of Covid-19 were detected in Kerala today from 1,48,546 sample tests in the last 24 hours with a test positivity rate of 28.25%. During the same time, 64 deaths were also confirmed as caused by the disease and the death toll in the state is now 5,746. At present, there are 4,17,101 persons under treatment for the infection even as 27,456 patients have recovered from the same today. Ernakulam district continues to have the highest number of 5,492 new active cases.
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