Thiruvananthapuram: Chief Minister, Shri Pinarayi Vijayan today announced that the free food kit distribution would continue this month also in view of the spread of Covid and the lockdown. “The distribution of the free grocery kits will start from next week and it will be given to guest workers in the state also. Community kitchens will serve cooked food to those in quarantine and those stranded due to the lockdown. We firmly believe that no one should go hungry in our state during this difficult period.”
Read More42,464 cases today, full lockdown in Kerala from May 8-16
Trivandrum: 42,464 new cases of Covid-19 were detected in Kerala today from 1,55,632 samples that were tested during the last 24 hours (Test positivity rate 27.28%). This is the highest spike in new cases to be reported in the State so far on any single day. 63 recent deaths were confirmed to have been caused by Covid and the related death toll in the State is now 5,628. There are 3,90,906 people undergoing treatment even as 27,152 patients recovered from the disease today.
Read MoreMuthoot Finance to support families of Covid deceased employees
Kochi: The management of Muthoot Finance, a leading gold loan NBFC based in Kerala, has decided to support the families of those employees who unfortunately lost their lives due to Covid-19 in South India.
Read More41,953 new Covid cases today, CM requests PM for 1,000 MT medical oxygen
Thiruvananthapuram: 41,953 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in Kerala today from 1,63,321 sample tests, the highest single-day number of positive cases reported so far in the State. Ernakulam district has the maximum number of 6,558 new cases. 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.
Read MoreHigh Test Positivity Rate will result in higher disease spread: CM
Thiruvananthapuram: Chief Minister, Shri Pinarayi Vijayan today said that Kerala should expect an increased spread of the disease because of the high Test Positivity Rate prevalent in the State. “The Test Positivity Rate is still high and we need to reduce it significantly. The increase in test positivity rate indicates that it will take some more time for the disease to reach its peak in Kerala.”
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