The Kerala government has decided to continue with lockdown on Sunday due to worrisome surge in Covid-19 cases. Earlier, the government had given exemption to Sunday lockdowns in the last two weeks.

Kerala reported over 30,000 new Covid cases for the second day in a row on Thursday. In the last 24 hours, the state recorded 30,007 cases, 18,997 recoveries and 162 deaths.

With this, the number of active cases has gone up to 1,81,209 while Test Positivity Rate (TPR) stands at18.03 per cent.

The last time the state crossed the 30,000 mark was on May 20 when it logged 30,491 Covid cases. 58.4 per cent of total Covid-19 cases in last week reported from Kerala, TOI reported. On Wednesday, Kerala saw a sudden spike in fresh cases with 31,445 people testing positive and 215 deaths. The TPR jumped to 19.03 per cent from 18.04 per cent on Tuesday.