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The probability of the 'fittest' global variant sweeping through Kerala was high and the disturbing part is, the 'fittest' variant is also possibly the most destructive.
Of the virus variants detected in Kerala, 89 have been reported for the first in India and four of them for the first time in the world.
Noting that the death rate graph will start rising if the positive cases shoot up, the minister said it should be stopped.
No disaster is too large compared to the collective resolve of mankind to restore normalcy.
The death toll from COVID-19 at more than 728,000 has outpaced the upper range of annual deaths from the flu.
Kerala is now gearing up to face 'a big war' against the pandemic with the state under a third wave with the total cases crossing the 22,000 mark.
It took 93 days (three months and three days) for Kerala to record its first 499 cases, at the rate of 5.3 cases a day. The remaining 20,395 cases happened in the next 89 days, at the rate of nearly 230 fresh cases per day.
Surges were reported in several countries that previously appeared to have the virus under control.
Indian vaccine maker Bharat Biotech had recently announced that it has successfully developed Covaxin, India's first vaccine candidate for COVID-19, in collaboration with the Indian ICMR and NIV.
Andhra Pradesh topped the chart with 6,045 cases while Tamil Nadu came second at 5,849. Kerala, witnessing a spurt in cases after managing to keep the numbers down earlier, saw 1,038 persons getting infected with the virus on Wednesday.