Kerala HEALTH COVID 19 Weekly Bulletin Epidemiological & Operational Updates

21st December 2020 State Summary

th th Cumulative as on Dec 14 – 20 Parameter th 20 December (7 days)

Total Cases 705869 36539

Total Recovered 641285 34166

Total Deaths 2816 193

Total Tests Performed 7382223 379404

Absolute number of new cases reported per week in Kerala

40000 36905 36792 36539 35000 32938 30000 25000 20000 15000 10000 5000 0 Nov23-29 Nov 30-Dec6 Dec 7-13 Dec14-20

Absolute Number of new Cases reported per week

5000 4346 4500 4087 3865 3780 4000 3373 3307 3351 3378 3365 3500 2766 2864 3000 2449 2483 2399 24732531 2500 2040 2178 1766 1812 18891908 2000 14741638 1500 971 11691089 1000 726 500 0

Dec 7-13 Dec 14-20

Absolute number of new cases reported per week increased significantly at Ernakulam, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Kottayam, Thrissur, Kasaragod, Palakkad and Wayanad. as compared to previous week. Tests per Million- Weekly data (7 days)

25000 22841

20000 16559 14890 15000 12098 12352 11565 11298 11885 10007 9897 10529 9071 10000 8152 6323

5000

0 ALP EKM IDK KNR KSD KLM KTM KKD MPM PKD PTA TVM TSR WYD

nov 30-dec6 Dec7-13 Dec 14-20

Test Positivity Rate- Weekly data

18 17 16 14 13.0 12.5 11.4 11.4 11.6 12 10.2 10.5 10.3 10.3 9.8 9.4 9.7 9.7 9.2 8.8 8.9 8.8 9.2 10 8.2 8.5 8.7 7.5 6.9 7 8 6.3 6.8 6.3 6 4 2 0 ALP EKM IDK KNR KSD KLM KTM KKD MPM PKD PTA TVM TSR WYD

TPR nov 30-dec6 TPR Dec7-13 TPR Dec 14-20

TPR has increased significantly in current week in Ernakulam, Kollam, Kottayam and Pathanamthitta as compared to previous weeks.

Occupancy Status in Government Hospitals

Daily Trend in Occuppancy status at CFLTC/ CSLTC/ DCC

Amendment to advisory on Sabarimala pilgrimage available at https://dhs.kerala.gov.in/wp- content/uploads/2020/12/Amendment -to-Revised-Advisory-Sabarimala-pilgrimage-1.pdf

Fight against COVID19 Campaign at Kollam district. With an objective to deal post-election surge, Kollam district started a campaign focusing on targeted testing of all candidates, polling officers and booth agents. Campaign also aims to improve COVID compliance among people, institutions and establishments, strengthening symptom surveillance and early identification of all cases. EARLY WARNING SIGNS OF POST ELECTION SURGE IS EVIDENT – ALL DISTRICTS MAY STRENGETHEN PREPAREDNESS FOR ADRRESSING THE SAME.