Kerala government denies allegations it is not submitting its Covid-19 figures daily. The response comes a day after the union health ministry wrote asking the Pinarayi Vijayan administration to release case data daily. Health minister Veena George said information had been sent – in prescribed format and without fail – to the centre every day.
Veena George said the state had stopped publishing daily figures on April 10 due to the decline in the number of cases but the data continues to be collected and submitted. She also expressed displeasure over media getting hold of the centre’s letter before it reached the principal secretary of the state health department.
The minister also said she was aware that the cases were going up in other parts of the county. Union health secretary Lav Agarwal underlined the need for continued intensive monitoring at state and district levels.
