The Kerala government on Thursday announced a complete lockdown in the state from the morning of May 8 in view of the severe COVID-19 surge in the second wave of the pandemic.
The 9-day-lockdown in Kerala would come into force on May 8 morning and extend up to May 16, according to official sources.
Strict lockdown-like restrictions are already in place in the southern state and the Pinarayi Vijayan government decided to clamp the complete shutdown in the wake of a severe spike in the positive cases.
Kerala had reported the highest-ever single day spurt in positive cases on Wednesday adding 41,953 infections.