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Kerala announces complete lockdown from May 8 to 16 amid rise in COVID cases

by Janam Web Desk
May 6, 2021, 01:25 pm IST
in Kerala, India

The Kerala government on Thursday announced a complete lockdown in the state from May 8 to 16 in view of the steep rise in Coronavirus cases, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said.

The lockdown will come into effect from 0600 hours on Saturday. A decision to this effect was taken following a direction from the Chief Minister, sources quoting Mr Vijayan said.

The Chief Minister on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take steps to provide 1000 tonnes of imported Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) to meet the rising demand due to surge in COVID cases.

“I request that the Ministry of External Affairs may be advise to allot the required quantity partly from the current tranche of imports and balance from future imports. Allotment of 500 Metric Tonnes of LMO from the nearest steel plant to the state may also be advised,” Mr Vijayan said.

He said “There are 2,857 ICU beds in government hospitals across Kerala. Of this, 996 beds are being used for the treatment of Covid patients and 756 beds for non-Covid patients.”

“About 38.7% of ICU beds in government hospitals are still available. In private hospitals, there are 7,085 ICU beds and currently, 1,037 beds are being used for Covid patients.”

The total number of ventilators currently available in government hospitals is 2,293. Of these, 441 ventilators are being used for the treatment of Covid patients and 185 for non-Covid patients, which means, a total of about 27.3% are currently in use.

Of the 1,523 ventilators in private hospitals, 377 are currently being used for Covid treatment.

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