Centre comes down closely on Kerala for reporting Covid knowledge after hole of 5 days

By Express News Service

NEW DELHI: The central authorities on Monday got here down closely on the Kerala authorities for reporting Covid-19 knowledge after a niche of 5 days. The Union well being ministry mentioned this has impacted and skewed the standing of India’s key monitoring indicators like Covid circumstances, deaths and positivity fee.

“It has been observed that Kerala has reported its state-level Covid-19 data after a gap of five days (since 13 April),” mentioned Lav Agarwal, joint secretary within the union well being ministry, in a letter to Dr. Rajan N Khobragade, Kerala principal secretary (well being).

“This has impacted and skewed India’s key indicators like cases, deaths, and positivity,” he mentioned, including that “India has reported a 90 percent increase in new cases and 165 percent increase in positivity in a single day.”

Owing to the backlog by Kerala, which reported 940 circumstances on Monday, the nation’s Covid tally went as much as 2,183 circumstances within the final 24 hours. The state additionally reported 213 coronavirus deaths which included backlog deaths, based on the information shared by the well being ministry.

“Daily and diligent reporting of data is critical to arrive at a meaningful understanding of the pandemic in the districts, state, and national level and ensure that any anomalies, surge, or emerging trends can be captured promptly,” the letter mentioned.

It mentioned that is particularly related as it’s a extremely infectious illness and in addition has an related danger of emergence of latest variants.

“Quick and continuous update of data will assist in India’s fight against the Covid-19 pandemic and help not only in tracking and monitoring but will also help in defining the strategies and plans at the center, state and district level,” it mentioned.