Thiruvananthapuram, July 13: Kerala Chief Minister, Shri Pinarayi Vijayan today informed that the State has maintained good performance on containing the spread of the outbreak. Briefing the media, he said the State’s Covid preventive measures were successful and the model adopted by Kerala has been effective, He also gave details about four indicators where the State has performed well, that is in mortality rate, disease spread, testing and recovery.
Kerala presently has a case fatality rate (deaths per 100 positive cases) of 0.39% as compared to the national average of 2.67% and the world average of 4.38%. The neighbouring states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have much higher rates. The number of deaths per million in Kerala is 0.9 as against the national figure of 17.
“These figures are a testimony to the fact that we have been able to prevent Covid deaths in a very good way. These figures are not meant to prove anything. Rather, it is to expose the false propaganda that some centres are deliberately making about the Covid defence activities in Kerala. When it comes to testing, the government’s policy is to increase the number of tests,” the Chief Minister said.
Kerala has a test positivity rate (positive cases per 100 tests) of 2.27 which is comparable to world figures. The average test positivity rate in India is 7.46 and it’s much higher in neighbouring states.
Similarly, the test per million versus case per million is an indicator of how many tests are being done in proportion to a positive case. It is advisable to keep it above 50. In Kerala, the test per million vs case per million is now 44. In the case of a high number of positive cases, the number of tests will be increased and the number will be increased to 50 immediately.
“Our figure is way better than other States and the national figure of 13. We are ahead in conducting tests. Our state is at the forefront of preventing outbreaks, controlling mortality and conducting adequate tests, that is why we have been able to get worldwide recognition for the Covid preventive measures. The government and health workers are working together to maintain it”, he added.