#PrayForKerala Takes over Twitter with Positive Wishes and Prayers as the State Sees a Steep Hike in the Number of Cases & Test Positivity Rate (TPR)

Kerala is struggling with a surging number of coronavirus patients just like the other big states in the country, Maharashtra and Karnataka. As per the Union Health Ministry, Kerala after Maharashtra and Karnataka, stands highest in the number of active cases and test positivity rate(TPR). The TPR is said to have gone up to 13.01 as compared to the national average that remains 8.3. Netizens are in despair and are hence sharing positive wishes, posts and prayers on Twitter under #PrayForKerala sending across thoughts for the state and its battle with the coronavirus. Kerala: 103-Year-Old Man Recovers From COVID-19 in Ernakulam. 

Kerala is said to have "the highest number of active COVID-19 cases per million population in the country now", as per TOI. With such a steep spike in its test positivity (TPR) during the period, it is standing shoulder to shoulder with Maharashtra that has a higher TPR in the country, 16.7%. Kerala is said to have the maximum new cases per million with the CM of the state saying that the state has the lowest mortality rate in the country aka 0.36% which in comparison to the national average is 1.55% is quite low. Fake COVID-19 Negative Certificates Issued to Expatriates by Kerala Lab, One Held.

The state's health minister KK Shailaja said that even as there is a possibility to succeed in flattening the curve by October-end, however, a failure to do so might make the state "the most vulnerable covid-19 hotspot in India". Netizens on Twitter have come together to show unity during this tough time and is sharing prayers and positivity. Take a look at some of the #PrayForKerala tweets:

Pray

Hotspot for COVID-19

Stand Together Against The Virus

Prayers

While the COVID-19 cases increase in the state there is also a major spike seen in the est positivity rate, as per the Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and other medical experts. Last month, Kerala saw a new daily COVID-19 tally, as 8,830 people tested positive for coronavirus. The day also saw 63,682 samples being sent for testing, which is also an all-time high.

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