Cases dip as weekend testing comes down
The Hindu
12,300 more test positive, TPR at 13.77%
On Monday, Kerala reported 12,300 new cases of COVID-19, when 89,345 samples were tested in the past 24 hours. The dip in cases is attributed to the dip in testing over the weekend, as it happens every Monday. The test positivity rate, which had stabilised around 16 % for the past few days, dipped top 13.77% on the day. The State’s active case pool showed a significant dip on Monday when the number of active cases went down to 2,06,982 from previous day’s figure of 2,23,727. The number of recoveries reported on Monday was 28,867.More Related News
As speculation over the continuation of Minister for Scheduled Tribes Welfare B. Nagendra in the Cabinet persisted, with the demand for his resignation raised by the BJP in connection with the ₹94 crore scam at the Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation, his Cabinet colleagues came to his defence on Thursday.