Socio-economic impact of Covid-19 and lockdown in Kerala

COVID-19 is an acronym, which stands for Corona Virus Disease of 2019. It was caused by SARS-CoV2 virus. The abbreviated name was given by World Health Organisation on11^thFebruary 2020. The study aimed at analysing the spread of Covid-19 in India, especially its management in Kerala. The secondary data have been collected from various sources like Newspapers, Magazines and Online official Statistical reports. According toWHO, total number of infected people were 82,579,768 and 1,818,849 among them diseased bythe end of 2020.It was found that the government of India and Kerala were able to control the initial spread of Covid-19,through nation-wide lockdown and later, the rate of positive cases increased.Although 26.52% of total active cases(65560) in India were reported in Kerala, only 2.09% (3116) of total deaths were from the state as on 2^nd January 2021. The highest positivity and comparativelylower death rate reported at Kerala among other states in India by the end of the year. Even though nationwide lockdown had many negative impacts the present study tried to point out its important positive social effects.