page_title: COVID-19 pandemic in Kerala
section_title: Timeline of events
hierarchical_section_title: COVID-19 pandemic in Kerala / Timeline of events
caption_attribution_description: English: Healthcare workers wearing personal protective equipment while caring for patients with coronavirus infection in the Indian state of Kerala.
context_page_description: The first case of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kerala was confirmed in Thrissur on 30 January 2020. Kerala has one of the lowest mortality rate in India compared to the national average of 1.79. Kerala's success in containing COVID-19 has been widely praised both nationally and internationally.
  Despite the high number of cases in March, Kerala had, by April 30, reduced the rate of increase of new cases to less than 0.25% per day. However, in mid-May, there was an increase or "second wave" of new cases, following the return of Keralites from other countries and other Indian states. In July, a large local group of cases was identified at the Kumarichantha fish market in Thiruvananthapuram. The largest single-day spike was reported on August 28 and Kerala now has the 14th highest number of confirmed cases in India. As of 30 August, there have been 73,855 confirmed cases with 49,849 recoveries and 287 deaths in the state.
  The state capital, Thiruvananthapuram, is the worst hit. As of August 2020, more than 75% of known cases were due to community spread with more than 21% of the state's cases in the Thiruvananthapuram district.
caption: Healthcare workers wearing personal protective equipment for caregiving for a patient with coronavirus infection in a government hospital in Kerala.
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