<span style="color: black;">Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan said that a state-wide genetic study on Covid patients will be carried out.<br />'' <br />''It has been decided that the genetic study of patients infected by the Covid 19 virus that was conducted in the northern districts of the State in collaboration with the Institute of Genomics and Integrated Biology under CSIR, will be extended across the State.<br />'' <br />''Chief Minister further said that as per the experts, the rate of the spread of the virus is very high in the State and the elderly population is at high risk.<br />'' <br />''As the number of patients are increasing, the State Government has expedited the setting up of Covid First Line Treatment Centers in all the districts and these centers are  being transformed into public healthcare centers specially designed to combat the pandemic.<br />'' <br />''The Covid Brigade in the State will be expanded to provide the services of more healthcare workers for better treatment. Presently 30,486 active covid cases are there in Kerala. </span><br />