Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday reiterated that community transmission had not occurred in Kerala and sought to establish it with an array of figures. The sentinel surveillance survey, also conducted to determine the extent of community transmission, had only thrown up four positive cases. “These figures are proof that there is no community transmission in Kerala. If there was community transmission, this would not be the state of affairs. The test positivity rate (positive cases per 100 tests) was 1.7%, lower than the national average of 5%.

Source: The Hindu May 29, 2020 18:33 UTC