: Kerala denies Centre’s claim that it did not provide daily Covid-19 updates #IndiaNEWS The Centre’s claim that Kerala did not submit daily coronavirus figures for five days last week is wrong,

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Kerala denies Centre’s claim that it did not provide daily Covid-19 updates #IndiaNEWS
The Centre’s claim that Kerala did not submit daily coronavirus figures for five days last week is wrong, state Health Minister Veena George said on Tuesday, reported PTI.The statement came a day after the Union health ministry directed the Kerala government to provide daily updates on Covid-19 cases and deaths. The ministry claimed that on Monday, Kerala had reported the figures after a gap of five days since April 13.In a letter sent to Kerala’s principal health secretary, the ministry had said that the delay has “skewed the status of India’s key monitoring indicators like cases, deaths and positivity�.On Monday, India had recorded 2,183 new coronavirus cases, a jump of 89.8% from Sunday’s 1,150 infections. The ministry had blamed the 89.8% surge in new cases and 165% increase in positivity to the delay by Kerala to submit the daily figures. However, on Tuesday, George claimed that the state had submitted the Covid-19 updates to the Centre on a daily basis. She told reporters that the state had digital evidence to back her claim.“The state would soon submit a reply to the Centre’s letter attaching all the details,� she said.George also criticised the Centre for leaking the letter to the media, reported NDTV. “Unfortunate that a responsible person from the health ministry wrote a...Read more

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