: Coronavirus: Kerala’s test positivity rate rising as isolation norms are not being enforced, says HC #IndiaNEWS The Kerala High Court on Wednesday said that the test positivity rate in Kerala was

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Coronavirus: Kerala’s test positivity rate rising as isolation norms are not being enforced, says HC #IndiaNEWS
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday said that the test positivity rate in Kerala was increasing as authorities were not able to enforce isolation protocol properly, Bar and Bench reported. The court noted that the only ways to prevent the spread of Covid-19 were either by preventing crowding or enforcing a full lockdown, according to PTI.Kerala has reported 36,10,193 coronavirus cases and 18,120 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic in January 2020. Though cases across India have decreased over the past few weeks, Kerala accounts for nearly 50% of the infections reported in the country every day. On Wednesday, Kerala reported 23,500 new Covid-19 cases and 116 deaths, while India registered 41,195 infections and 490 deaths in the past 24 hours. Kerala alone accounted for more than 57% of the cases reported in India in the past 24 hours. The state’s daily test positivity rate decreased to 14.49% from 15.91% on the previous day, PTI reported. However, this is still far above India’s test positivity rate of 1.94%, as reported by NDTV.Justice Devan Ramachandran on Wednesday expressed concern about the failure of authorities to implement new guidelines on preventing the spread of the coronavirus disease. On August 4, the state government allowed markets, hotels, banks, offices and other establishments to open for six days...Read more

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