Kerala: In the highest single day spike so far in Kerala, 3,402 COVID-19 cases were reported on Wednesday, taking the infection count to 95,916 while the toll climbed to 384 with12 fatalities.
The previous one day high was on September 6 when 3,082 fresh cases were detected in the state. Eighty -eight health workers were among those infected. While 70,921 have recovered from the infection so far, including 2,058 whose samples turned negative today, presently 24,549 people are undergoing treatment for the disease.
As many as2,02,801 people are under observation in various districts — 1,83,921 in home/institutional quarantine and 18,880 in various hospitals, including 2,751 admitted today. The state has increased testing of samples and in the last 24 hours, 45,949 samples were tested, the release said. So far 19,78,316 samples have been sent for testing.
Meanwhile, driving schools in Kerala will start functioning from Monday and the permission in this regard has been received from the centre, Transport Minister A K Saseendran said.
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