September has indeed been the cruellest month as far as Kerala and its COVID-19 case burden is concerned.
In September alone, Kerala recorded almost double the number of cases it had cumulatively registered till August 31.
Till August 31, the total number of COVID-19 cases registered in the State had been 75,385. The cumulative number of deaths reported till August 31 was 294.
In September, Kerala recorded 1,20,721 cases of COVID-19 and 448 deaths. This essentially means that over 60% of the State’s cumulative case burden as well as the burden of COVID deaths were recorded in just one month.
And the scariest part seems to be that since the disease spread is not uniform across districts, in many districts, the case graphs could be peaking only in the next few weeks, extending the State’s collective agony over the month or more.
However, public health experts point out that…