Prohibitory orders in Kerala: As Covid-19 cases see a hike across Kerala, prohibitory orders under CrPC Section 144 have been imposed across the state. In some districts, gazetted officers from various government departments have been appointed as executive magistrates after invoking the disaster management act. The measures were put into place considering Kerala’s alarming test positivity rate of 14.41 per cent. It’s also the only state which has a larger share of active cases than recovered ones in the total confirmed cases. 36 per cent of the cases in the state are active cases, compared to the national average of