Kerala records highest single-day rise with 46,387 new Covid-19 cases

Covid-19 cases blast in Kerala the daily Covid-19 positive cases in Kerala reached a record high on Thursday when 46,387 people turned positive and the daily test positivity rate reached a staggering 40.2 per cent, said kerala Health Minister Veena George in a statement.

On Wednesday it was 34,199 new cases and the TPR was 37 per cent. The situation in the Kerala capital district looked very grave after 9,605 people turned positive with Ernakulam closely behind with 9,605 cases, Wayanad district recorded the least, 827 cases.

Consequent to the steep rise in daily cases which have been a phenomenon in the past week, at present there are 1,99,041 active cases. George’s statement revealed that there were only 3 per cent of the positive cases who were admitted to hospitals.

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A total of 32 Covid deaths were recorded, taking the total death tally to 51,501 in the state so far. There were 15,388 recoveries on Thursday. On the vaccination front 99.8 per cent (2.67 crore) have had one dose, of which 83 per cent (2.21 crore) have taken both the doses.

India covid-19 cases count rises day by day, reports 3,17,532 new cases of the covi-19, breaching the 3 lakh mark for the first time in eight months, along with 491 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Thursday (January 20).

The country saw a total of 2,23,990 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 93.69 per cent and total recoveries data reached to 3,58,07,029. The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have rose to 19,24,051 the ministry data showed today. The total death toll in the country is now at 4,87,693. In India, the first death due to the COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020. Additionally, the tally of Omicron cases has reached 9,287 on Thursday.