THIRUVANANTHAPURAM : As the single day surge in COVID-19 cases reached an all-time-high on Saturday, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said October-November months are crucial as cases may rise and cautioned people tostrictly follow the health care protocol to reduce the death rate.
Vijayan said daily cases have gone above 10,000 per day and asked people to strictly follow the health protocol. Kerala on Saturday reported 11,755 fresh infections and 23 new fatalities, taking the caseload to 2,77,855 and death toll to 978. "October and November months are crucial for the COVID-19 mitigation process as we need to effectively fight the pandemic during this time so as to reduce the fatalityrate.