Kerala will lift the statewide lockdown and instead impose regional restrictions.
Kerala’s lockdown strategy of imposing statewide restrictions will be modified. “In the coming days, the lockdown strategy will be modified. Instead of imposing the same restrictions and testing methods across the state, it is planned to impose different levels of regulations based on the severity of the disease’s spread “On Monday, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan stated. Since May 8, the state has been under lockdown, which has been extended several times. The current lockdown will come to an end on June 16. Pinarayi Vijayan stated in a press conference on Monday, June 14, that local self-governing bodies will be classified based on the extent of disease spread, and preventive measures will be implemented accordingly. “Details will be decided later after additional consultations,” the CM stated.
Meanwhile, Pinarayi stated that the state’s COVID-19 Test Positivity Rate (TPR) is decreasing. For the last three days, the average TPR (the number of samples that test positive among a group of samples) has been 12.7 percent. According to the Chief Minister, the TPR in Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad, and Malappuram districts is less than 15%, while it is less than 10% in Alappuzha and Kozhikode. On May 5, the state declared a lockdown after 41,593 daily COVID-19 cases were reported, with a TPR of 25.69 percent. “Even though there is a decline in TPR overall,” Pinarayi added, “the picture is not so rosy when it comes to local bodies.”There are 14 local governments with a TPR greater than 35%, 37 with a TPR between 28 and 35%, and 127 with a TPR between 21 and 28%. The disease’s spread has been slowed as a result of the lockdown, as intended.”
On June 14, the state reported 7,719 new COVID-19 cases from 68,573 sample tests. According to the daily bulletin, 161 deaths were reported, bringing the total death toll in the state to 11,342. On June 14, 2016, 16,743 patients recovered from the infection, and the state currently has 1.13 lakh active cases. The CM also stated that the state government is attempting to complete the vaccination drive, pending supplies from the Union government. Until June 13, a total of 1.12 crore doses of the vaccine had been distributed in the state. The first dose was given to 68.14 lakh people over the age of 45, and the second dose was given to 14.27 lakh people, while the first dose was given to 10.95 lakh people aged 18 to 44, and the second dose was given to 958 people. “Kerala received 98.83 lakh doses of vaccine from the Union government, and over one crore doses were distributed as a result. The state government purchased 10.73 lakh doses directly, with 8.92 lakh doses distributed. There is currently a stock of 4.32 lakh doses provided by the Union Government and 2.08 lakh doses purchased by the state government “According to Pinarayi.
