Kerala covid cases rise: reports 22,064 new Covid-19 cases and 128 deaths in single day

By News Next Live Last updated Jul 29, 2021 - 9: 14 pm

Kerala reports over 22,000 new COVID cases in the span of just 24 hours for the third consecutive day. The state logged as many as 22,064 new COVID19 cases on Thursday, the state health bulletin said.

A total 22,056 new cases were reported yesterday, while 22,129 new infections were logged the day before. With today’s numbers, the caseload touched 33,49,365 and the death toll reached 16,585. In the last 24 hours, the state also reported 128 deaths and 16,649 recoveries. Currently, there are 1,54,820 active cases in Kerala.

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State Health minister Veena George said 1,63,098 samples were tested in the last 24 hours and the test positivity rate was 13.53 per cent. The state has till now tested 2,68,96,792 samples. “Of those found infected today, 161 reached the state from outside, while 20,891 contracted the disease from their contact. Source of infection of 910 is yet to be traced and 102 health workers are also among the infected,” the minister said in a release.

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Kerala saw five new cases of Zika virus infection on Thursday, informed state’s Health Minister Veena George. With this, the total number of Zika virus cases in the state has now reached 61.