In the battle against Covid-19, two Indian states, namely Odisha and Kerala, are drawing the attention of national and international media, governments and multilateral agencies.
As on April 25, by 11 am the number of infected people in Kerala were 450 and in Odisha 94. Out of these the number of active cases in Kerala were 116 and in Odisha 60.
Number of death cases were three in Kerala and only one in Odisha. Number of samples tested in Kerala as on this date is 21,940 and in Odisha 23,433.
Although Kerala has relatively less population (about 3.5 crore) as compared to Odisha (about 4.5 crore), the former has more migrant workers as compared to the later.