A Deep Analysis on the Impact and Statistics of Covid-19 in Kerala, India – A Meta-Analysis Study

Background: COVID-19 pandemic has pulled us all a few steps back, were we never shake hands or hug each other when we meet our friends and family after a gap, but instead we greet them by saying Namaste and joining our hands together. As we all know, COVID-19 spreads through air and the only way to shield ourselves is by maintaining a safe distance from one another. Methodology: In order to conduct a meta-analysis on the number of COVID-19 cases in Kerala and India, the data was retrieved from various sites hosted by the government bodies. The data for analysis was collected from May 2020 to July 2020. The average number of days required to reach every 5000 fresh cases were also calculated using this data. COVID-19 has affected all the economy holistically regardless of financial, behavioral, or societal aspects. Conclusion: Lifting of the lockdown in a step by step process keeping in mind the necessities for the nation was a thoughtful act, but the people who mistook this opportunity and did not remain in quarantine after coming from abroad was recognized as the reasons behind the sudden and uncontrolled rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in Kerala, India. The government authorities had no other option but to lift the restrictions to reduce the economic burdens that had already affected the daily wage worker and farmers prompting them to give up their lives.

The non-resident Indian citizens were compelled to return back. The reason behind these are, the fall in the financial aspects as there were no works done during the complete lockdown period that is from 29 th March 2020 to 5 th May 2020 in India. The nation was on stand still during that period. 1 The government has extended the dues on repay of all sorts of loans and taxes for a period of three months, as a measure to reduce the economic burden of its fellow beings.
The next on focus was the behavioral impact of people during the complete lockdown.
As discussed above, many companies had to close down and relieve their employees from work permanently, which developed stress among the working class people. The attitude of the working population started altering as they remained jobless for more than one month, and there were no new vacancies opened as well. 1 The lifestyle of people started changing without any discrimination of rich/poor, literate/illiterate and urban/rural area.
The society impact hits third on the list. The modifications that the society accepted was unbelievable. All the purchases became online, education is through the online ports, meetings, functions and so on were held through the online ports. As the availability has become more easier, the impact has started to express itself in the area of overall health. People have got adapted to the trending new modes of availability, with least concern regarding their health. There is change seen in the relationships that existed in the society. Being at home made people aware of their neighbors and started participating in the community helps in their areas. 2 The usual busy mornings and late night returning routine was changed. The community as such has come together in supporting the affected families and protecting their area from containment.
The government has tried to support its citizens during the nationwide complete lockdown by supplying grains, pulses, and the essentials that are required to sustain a family of four members from starvation. The government had also allotted laundry products like dish washing soap, cleaning liquids, etc. Majority of the population used this allowances to hold back their families from surrendering to starvation and finally passing away. The outlook of people towards community work is becoming impressive. 2 The data used for analysis in this paper is collected from Our World in Data, GoK Dashboard (Kerala) and Statista. The data on number of COVID-19 cases reported in India and Kerala is taken in the cumulative and daily format. The data on similar format was taken for few countries in order to compare the COVID-19 situation globally. All data collected were from 1 st May 2020 to 31 st July 2020.

DATA ANALYSIS
The total number of cases reported by India as on 31 st July 2020 was 16,97,068. The distribution of the types of cases is given below: In comparison with similar data as on 1 st May 2020, the increase in cases can be shown as:

01-May 31-Jul Fold
The country was under lockdown till May and the relaxations brought to effect can be seen as the cause for such drastic increase in the number of cases. If we are to look at the percentage increase per month, it is 23.65% in April, 5.2% in May, 2.9% in June and 2.1% in July with an average of 13,423 new cases every day. A positive aspect of this data is that the increase in recovered cases is about 120 fold which reflects the efficient management of our health care facilities in the country. But in view of the spread of infection, our country is facing issues with containment. We can see the shift in trends of the case in India when compared globally in the below graph. In India, we can see the trend shift clearly when looked at the number of days it took to reach every 2 lakh cases.      The days required to double the infected cases has been reduced to less than a week.

No of days taken to reach every 5000 COVID-19 Cases in
This calls for extra precautionary measures to be taken by the public and follow the guidelines that the health departments are urging the citizen to follow. The fact that maximum number of cases affected by the infection belongs to the age group of 21-50, about 75%, gives a hope that the percentage of death reported will be considerably low since the age group has proved high recovery rate. Comparatively, the proportion of COVID-19 death in Kerala has recorded about 79% in the age group above 50.
Many mathematical models have been in study to calculate the extend of COVID-19 spread but nonetheless the infection does not seem to limit itself to any measures.
Societies all over the world are at high caution to limit the effects and spread of this infection. This study is to bring light on the current trend of infection rate that is on rise in India and the state of Kerala.

MEASURES ADOPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT:
Owing to the outbreak of COVID-19, the central and state governments of India has taken swift measures to control the spread of the pandemic. COVID-19 was stated as a

CONCLUSION:
The novel CoronaVirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has marked its presence holistically. The pandemic has not left any area unaltered. Its impact is growing more intensely and the people have started to accept and move along COVID-19, adopting the measures to protect themselves. When we look at the statistics of COVID-19 in Kerala, the days taken by the COVID-19 to infect every 5000 people has drastically reduced from 187 days at the initial phase to less than six days in the relaxation phase.
It is evident that the number of cases in India is on the rise, the death rate is comparatively less threatening and the recovery rate is found to be reassuring. India, a country with smattering healthcare resources compared to its population, is holding up the health of its citizen at a tolerable limit. The policies and restrictions that the government takes in the next few months is crucial for the health and economicsocieties future of India.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
We would like to thank the foundation for providing a platform for conducting and guiding us through the journey to publishing this paper.