COVID-19: Lockdown imposed in Kerala on weekend for two days

The Kerala government has imposed a complete weekend lockdown on July 31 and August 1, amid a surge in COVID-19 cases. The government is sending a 6-member team to Kerala headed by Director, National Centre for Disease Control.

News agency ANI tweeted: “Complete lockdown to be imposed in #Kerala on 31st July and 1st August due to rising COVID19 cases in the state”

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Complete lockdown to be imposed in #Kerala on 31st July and 1st August due to rising COVID19 cases in the state pic.twitter.com/I31OvXGSoJ

— ANI (@ANI) July 29, 2021

Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that the central government is sending a 6-member team to Kerala. “Central Government is sending 6 member team to Kerala headed by NCDC Director.
As large number of COVID cases are still being reported in Kerala, the team will aid state’s ongoing efforts in #COVID19 management.”

Here’s the tweet.

Central Government is sending 6 member team to Kerala headed by NCDC Director.
As large number of COVID cases are still being reported in Kerala, the team will aid state’s ongoing efforts in #COVID19 management.

— Mansukh Mandaviya (@mansukhmandviya) July 29, 2021

On Wednesday, Kerala recorded 22,056 fresh COVID-19 cases pushing the infection caseload to 33,27,301, with the number of people who succumbed to the virus rising to 16,457 with 131 more deaths.

Kerala authorities state that some of the districts worst hit by the recent surge in Covid-19 are- Malappuram, Thrissur, Kozhikode, Ernakulam, Palakkad, Kollam, Alappuzha, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, and Kottayam.

Meanwhile, On Thursday, India recorded 43,509 new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the last 24 hours, which pushed the nationwide tally to 31,528,114 while the death toll climbed to 4,22,662 with 640 daily fatalities, according to a Union health ministry update.

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