Kerala Reports 38,648 Fresh Cases In Last 24 Hrs, Positivity Rate Drops To 10%

According to the Kerala government, 197 fatalities were not added due to lack of documents and 370 deaths were added to the Covid death list as per the guidelines of the Central government

Kerala Reports 38,648 Fresh Cases In Last 24 Hrs, Positivity Rate Drops To 10% (Image: PTI)

New Delhi: Kerala clocked 38,648 fresh Covid cases on Friday, reporting a drop in daily count as compared to the previous day. The southern state also reported 28 fatalities and 41,037 patients recuperated from the viral infection over the last 24 hours.

State health minister Veena George told news agency ANI that the Covid positivity rate has dropped to 10 per cent and the fatality rate is now 0.9 per cent, that is less than the national average.

Kerala | #COVID19 positivity rate has decreased to 10%. The fatality rate is 0.9%, which is also less than the national average: State Health Minister Veena George pic.twitter.com/NgXycRmHCE

— ANI (@ANI) February 4, 2022

Earlier, the southern state on Thursday had logged 42,677 Covid cases and 36 deaths.

According to the Kerala government, 197 fatalities were not added due to lack of documents and 370 deaths were added to the Covid death list as per the guidelines of the Central government.

Meanwhile, in the light of a consistent decline in infections across the state, the Kerala government has decided to resume physical classes for standards 10, 11, 12 and the college students from Monday (February 7).

Offline classes for students from Classes 1 to 9 and kindergarten children will resume from February 14, according to a notice from the Chief Minister’s Office after a Covid review meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

In the review meeting, it was also decided that the non-residents and foreign travellers, with Covid symptoms, would be tested for the virus.

The number of devotees to the religious institutions has also been capped to 20 in the light of the ongoing pandemic.