Kerala imposes full lockdown till May 16 amid rise in Covid cases; Details here

Amid the rise in Covid-19 cases, Kerala will impose a lockdown in the state from 6 am on May 8 to May 16. News agency ANI reported quoting Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday cautioned that the state is facing a very serious situation as the Covid is spreading rapidly.

Lockdown in Kerala:

"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.

Joint Secretary in the Health Ministry Lav Agarwal said in Kerala, Kozhikode, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Malappuram, Alappuzha, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Kannur and Kollam districts have recorded a continued rise in the number of cases for the last two weeks.

Meanwhile, India reported 4,12,262 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day spike in Covid-19 cases since the pandemic began. With this, the cumulative count of COVID-19 cases in the country has gone up to 2,10,77,410, according to the Union Health Ministry. As many as 3,980 patients succumbed to the infection during the last 24 hours, taking the total COVID-related death toll to 2,30,168. At present, India has 35,66,398 active coronavirus cases

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