THIRUVANANTHAPURAM : From just a solitary new COVID-19 case on May 8 to clocking over 10,000 fresh infections in a single-day, Kerala has seen a total reverse in the pandemic situation in the last five months.
The 11,755 cases recorded on Saturday turned out to be the biggest ever single-day surge in the state and also surpassed the daily tally of Maharashtra and Karnataka, among the high case load states, for the day.
Maharashtra, which is leading the states in total infections, on Saturday reported 11,416 new cases while Karnataka added 10,517 cases.
Kerala, which won global praise for its strategy in containing the spread of the pandemic in the initial months after reporting the first COVID-19 case in the country in January, has been.