Covid-19 cases in Kerala: Union home secretary reviews situation as state accounts for 68% of fresh cases in country

Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla reviewed the situation in Kerala as the state accounted for 68 percent of the fresh Covid-19 cases in the country.

Covid-19 cases in Kerala. Image source: Reuters

With Kerala accounting for 68 percent of the fresh Covid-19 cases in the country, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla reviewed the situation in the state on Thursday.

As per a report by PTI, of the 46,164 fresh coronavirus cases recorded in the country on Thursday, 31,445 were in Kerala.

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The meeting in which Bhalla took stock of the situation in Kerala discussed issues related to containment strategy and medical infrastructure. The meeting was held through a video conference and was attended by several top officials of the Centre and the state government, as per a PTI Report.

According to official data, Kerala is the only state in the country reporting over one lakh active Covid-19 cases, while four states have active cases in the range of 10,000 to one lakh.

As per a report by PTI, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, who visited Kerala on August 16, announced a special package of Rs 267.35 crore for the southern state to strengthen its health infrastructure.

During his visit, Mandaviya had a meeting with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Health Minister Veena George and officials. He also announced that the Centre would provide all possible help to the state.

Besides, it was promised that an amount of Rs 1 crore would be made available to each district in Kerala to create a pool of medicines.

With 46,164 people testing positive for the infection in a day, India's Covid-19 tally has climbed to 3,25,58,530, while the number of active cases has shot up to 3,33,725, the Union health ministry said on Thursday.

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