For the past five consecutive days, Kerala has reported over 1000 coronavirus cases every day and a total of 48 COVID-related deaths have been logged in the same time span.
Owing to this, Health Minister Veena George has called a high-level meeting to assess the situation. Kerala on Saturday logged as many as 1,544 new COVID-19 cases that pushed the active tally to 7,972. "Closely monitoring the situation analytically.
No new variants. It is the omicron variant so far. The health department is doing the genomic and spike protein sequencing," the health minister told PTI.
However, there is no need to panic, George said, and further urged all in the state to wear masks and get vaccinated. The state had recorded 1,197 new positive cases and five deaths on May 31.