Amid the Covid-19 pandemic that has hit Kerala hard, the State has a new worry on hand. On Thursday, a confirmed case of the deadly Zika virus was diagnosed in the State while test reports of 19 others were awaited.
However, unconfirmed reports said that as many as 13 cases of Zika infection have been detected in the State.
The detection of Zika virus has come at a time when the State has not been able to contain the second wave of Covid-19. On Thursday, the State reported 13, 772 new cases of Covid-19 and 142 deaths. State Health Minister Veena George said the Test Positivity Rate stood at 10.83 per cent, slightly higher than the 10.36 per cent registered on Wednesday.
The Minister said as on Thursday, 1.1 lakh persons were undergoing treatment for Covid-19 in the State.
