: Centre asks Kerala to update Covid-19 figures daily #IndiaNEWS The Union health ministry on Monday directed Kerala to provide daily updates on Covid-19 cases and deaths as the state reported figures

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Centre asks Kerala to update Covid-19 figures daily #IndiaNEWS
The Union health ministry on Monday directed Kerala to provide daily updates on Covid-19 cases and deaths as the state reported figures after a gap of five days, ANI reported.In a letter sent to Kerala’s principal health secretary, the ministry said that the delay has “skewed the status of India’s key monitoring indicators like cases, deaths and positivityâ€?.“It has been observed that Kerala has reported its state-level Covid-19 data after a gap of five days [since April 13],â€? Lav Agarwal, joint secretary at the health ministry, wrote in the letter. “India has reported a 90% increase in new cases and 165% increase in positivity in a single day [on Monday],â€? Agarwal said.Union Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal writes a letter to Kerala Principal Secretary Rajan Khobragade, regarding intensive monitoring at the state & district level, taking suitable steps to monitor #COVID19 & updating the data timely. pic.twitter.com/4vXMgQtKeD— ANI (@ANI) April 18, 2022 According to the health ministry data released on Monday morning, Kerala reported 213 deaths due to Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.Of these, only one Covid-19 patient died on Sunday, while 62 casualties were added to the toll after receiving appeals based on the Supreme Court’s updated guidelines on designating coronavirus deaths, PTI reported. The remaining 150...Read more

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