Draft a newspaper report on the second wave of covid 19 in our Kerala.
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KERALA: corona getting brutal
The severity of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in Kerala is telling in the state’s official fatality figures. While, initially, Kerala took 371 days to cross the 5500 deaths mark, it took just 40 days to record another 5500 deaths.
After the first fatality — an Ernakulam-native — on March 28 last year, Kerala counted 5500 deaths on May 4 this year. Between May 5 and June 13, an equal number of persons succumbed to the virus in the state.
As of June 13, the state had recorded 11,181 cumulative deaths, half of which were reported in the last 40 days. The state has reported over 100 deaths daily since May 18, and on four occasions, crossed the 200-mark too. The highest number of deaths (226) were reported on June 6.
The second wave in Kerala, and the rest of the country, was propelled by a highly infectious variant, now commonly known as the Delta variant. It spread faster in the community and led to an increase in hospitalisations. Though the infection curve has peaked and is currently in the process of decline, Kerala continues to report an excess of over 100 deaths daily ...!
Dr Sulphi Noohu, an ENT consultant and national coordinator of the social media wing of the Indian Medical Association, said, “There are a number of reasons for the high deaths during the second wave.
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