Steady rise in new COVID-19 cases

45% rise in infection in the week from December 31 to January 6

A slow but steady rise in new COVID-19 cases, including a marginal increase in the hospitalisation (5%) and ICU admissions (8%) is seen in the State now, in comparison to the previous week, even as many clinicians maintained that most of the patients they were seeing were mild cases.

Public health experts maintained cautious optimism that given the high background vaccination rate in the State, hospitalisations would not surge. Yet they warned that there was no room for complacency and appealed to the people to stay away from crowded places and to wear a good quality and well-fitted mask to prevent themselves from getting infected.