Kerala is at its peak in spreading cases. The state government said it will continue with lockdowns on Sundays with only limited permissible activities. The government had given an exemption in the Sunday lockdowns in the last two weeks due to Independence Day and Onam.

The decision of the Kerala government, which has been under fire from opposition parties and experts for its alleged poor management of the coronavirus pandemic, came after as the state recorded 32,801 cases on Friday, up from 30,007 on Thursday, and as the test positivity rate went up to 19.22 percent from 18.03 percent on August 26.

There has been an upward spiral of infections for the past three days and Kerala has been consistently logging over 30,000 cases of Covid-19. Active cases of Covid-19 in the state now stand at 1,95,254, which is the highest in India. Kerala is one of the top contributors in terms of daily Covid-19 cases and accounts for more than half of the active infections in the country at present, the Centre has said.

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