KERALA : Kerala's daily COVID-19 figures saw a sharp spike on Tuesday with a record 608 cases taking the infection tally to 8,930 and the death toll rising to 34 with one more fatality.
Kerala has reached a stage where clusters have been found in Thiruvananthapuram, Malappuram and some other districts and the next stage is community transmission, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said, stressing the need to be extremely vigilant to contain the spread of the pandemic.
The Nipah virus, which hit the state in 2018 and claimed 17 lives, could be contained in a month's time but the battle against COVID-19 began six months ago was still continuing, he noted.