Flattened Curve: Kerala Now Has More Number Of Recovered COVID-19 Patients Than Active Cases!

In the fight against COVID-19, Kerala has been leading the way in India by coming up with stringent methods to ¡®flatten the curve¡¯ and the state has successfully managed to do so. As per the latest data, Kerala now has more recoveries than active cases!

As of April 15, total number of cases in Kerala are 387 of which 167 are active and 218 have recovered from coronavirus! On Wednesday, only one new case was reported. This is the fourth consecutive day that the state has reported more recoveries than positive cases!

#COVID19 Update | April 15, 2020

7 more have recovered.

Only 1 new case today. pic.twitter.com/3P6qEO0cwL

¡ª CMO Kerala (@CMOKerala) April 15, 2020

On April 13 the number of active cases there dropped to 178 while the total number of recoveries were 198.

Kerala was the first state in India to report confirmed COVID-19 cases. There have been three deaths in the state because of coronavirus so far. Kerala's Finance Minister Thomas Isaac in a tweet pointed at Kerala¡¯s success at flattening the curve.

COVID-19 curve of Kerala has started to flatten. The active cases for the last one week has declined. The recovered cases (green curve) will cross the yellow curve soon.#COVID2019 #COVID pic.twitter.com/G9nja0UYCU

¡ª Thomas Isaac (@drthomasisaac) April 12, 2020

On April 14, the state reported eight new cases: four from Kannur, three from Kozhikode and one from Kasaragod. Meanwhile, 13 people recovered and were released from the hospital.

173 people are under treatment and a total of 211 recovered. On the same day 81 people were admitted to hospitals with different symptoms. 16,235 samples were sent for testing, of which 15,488 turned negative. Currently 1,07,075 people are undergoing observation across the state.

Kerala¡¯s success might also have to do with the fact that the state is adopting models and taking inspiration from countries who have successfully managed to contain COVID-19 situation. South Korea has been hailed world wide for the way it has been tackling coronavirus.

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One of the measures the country took was to put up a walk-in COVID-19 testing booth where anyone can just walk in and in less than 10 minutes they can get tested, and leave the site.

Kerala's Ernakulam district administration launched India¡¯s first walk-in COVID-19 testing facility; contact-free Walk-in Sample Kiosk (WISK) to keep health workers safe while taking samples to test for COVID-19.

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Apart from this a four-drug mix for COVID-19 patients, who are at the initial stage of developing pneumonia, is proving to be effective in saving lives in one Kerala hospital and the success stories are earning global recognition according to doctors at Government Medical College (GMC), Ernakulam.

Kerala has the highest recovery rate of any state in the country and cooperation of people has a large role to play in it too. The state is leading the country by example and more states should adopt the Kerala model for a better success rate.