KOCHI: There is a 30% increase in daily Covid cases now compared to last week in Kerala. The test positivity rate (TPR ) has touched 5%. TPR captures the size of the epidemic and the scale of testing, and TPR below 5% suggests that the infection is under control.
Worse still, there has been a sharp increase in new Covid cases —of almost 60%— in the last two days. The state reported 468 Covid cases on May 23, 747 on May 24 and 783 cases on May 25.
