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ERNAKULAM :
One hundred days after her first case of covid-19, Kerala said Friday that she only has one new infection, while ten more people had recovered from the viral infection.
Of the total 503 registered cases, Kerala has only 16 active patients now. The rest, about 97%, recovered from the disease, except four who died. The state had cut the number of infections to 30 on Wednesday from 300 exactly a month ago. From over 100 critical points to just a few weeks ago, the state now has only 33 critical points.
The only new patient is in the Ernakulam district, has a history of travel to Chennai in Tamil Nadu, and suffers from kidney disease, Prime Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said.
“Today is the 100th day since the first case was recorded in India in the Thrissur of Kerala. In the first week of March, the second wave started in Kerala (with the arrival of returnees from the Gulf region). Two months later, we can say we have flattened the curve, “said Vijayan.
But, he said, the state should not let its guard down as it risks a third wave of growing infections in the return of expatriates evacuated from foreign countries since Thursday.
“We should see that a third wave does not occur. We must not leave room for complacency. In fact, we should be more careful than ever,” he said.
The state has 20,157 people under observation and 347 in hospitals, the CM said. So far, 35,856 samples have been tested by the state, and 35,355 of them have been negative for covid-19, he added.
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