Thiruvananthapuram: After managing to flatten the Covid-19 curve within months of reporting the country’s first coronavirus case last year, Kerala is now grappling with a sharp surge in its daily infections, prompting the Centre to send a high-level team to assist it.
However, the state government maintains the “high numbers” are a result of robust surveillance and reporting system, while pointing to its low fatality rate.
Close to 40,000 cases have been reported from the southern state in the last week alone, with a daily addition of around 5,000, even as its neighbours and other high prevalence states like Tamil Nadu and Karnataka have started seeing a reversal.
As of Thursday, Kerala recorded 5,051 new coronavirus cases, including four UK returnees and 5,638 recoveries as the total caseload inched towards the eight lakh mark.
The toll stood at 3,234 while the active cases are nearly 65,000.
“The rise in the number of cases in the state is due to a robust…