Thiruvananthapuram : The Union Ministry issued advisory for all states to impose lockdown in districts with test positivity rate above 15%. The centre prepared a list of qualifying districts for this purpose. The recommendation will see implementation after the centre and states arrive at a consensus in their talks.
In Kerala, most states have their positivity rates featuring above 10 percent. Kozhikode and Ernakulam currently reports the highest daily numbers. The state positivity rate stood at 23.24 % Tuesday evening.
The national death toll now exceeds 2 lakhs. Deaths on Tuesday morning figured at 1,97,894 with 2771 deaths reported in the prior 24 hours. 34,934 were reported in 26 days this month with 15,323 in the last week alone.
More than 3 lakh remain under treatment for the virus since a week now. Daily deaths now surpasses 3000.
Meanwhile, vaccine registrations for above 18 begins today. One may book appointments on Covid App beginning 4 pm this month.
