A.P. records over 10,000 new cases for
third day
27 residents, six nuns in home for the elderly in Kerala test positive; 5,483 new cases, 84 deaths reported in Karnataka
Kerala recorded 1,310 fresh
cases, taking its cumulative
numbers to 23,613 on Friday.
Of the new cases, 885
were reported on Friday,
while 425 were added from
Thursday’s data. The Health
Department could not update data from Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad and
Kasaragod districts on
Thursday due to technical
problems. Of the 1,310 new
cases, 1,207 were locally acquired infections, and 36
had no identified source of
infection. Twenty healthcare workers were affected.
Three deaths were officially confirmed, two in Ernakulam and one in Kollam, taking the toll to 73.
On Friday, 864 recoveries
were reported, among 13,027
reported till date, and 10,495
patients were in hospitals.
Thiruvananthapuram led
among districts, with 320
cases, all except one being
locally acquired infections.
Thirtyfive people in Shanti
Bhavan, an oldage home
run by the Missionaries of
Charity at Kochuthura tested
positive. The patients included 27 senior citizen residents
with comorbidities, six
nuns, and two employees.
Six police officers tested positive.
The number of persons
under treatment in the district swelled to 3,078.
Telangana reported 1,986
cases, taking the total to
62,703 while test reports of
1,216 persons were awaited.
Fourteen more deaths were
reported during the day, taking the total to 519.
There were 16,796 active
cases, the Health Department said. A total of 21,380
samples were collected on
Thursday. Greater Hyderabad reported 586 cases on
Thursday while neighbouring MedchalMalkajgiri and
Rangareddy reported 207
and 205 positive cases.
For the third day, Andhra
Pradesh reported over
10,000 cases, at 10,376, the
biggest singleday tally. It also recorded 68 new deaths.
The tally mounted to
1,40,933 and the death toll to
1,349, while active cases rose
to 75,720 the Health Department said. In July, total cases
were 1,26,338, or 89.6% of all
cases reported.
On Friday, 5,483 new COVID19 cases were reported
in Karnataka. With this, positive cases stood at 1,24,115, of
which 2,220 were from Bengaluru Urban. There were 84
COVID19 deaths over the
past day, taking the total to
2,314. Seven of the 84 patients passed away at home.
On Friday, 36,936 tests
were conducted in the State,
of which 22,164 were rapid
antigen tests, while the remaining were RTPCR tests.
97 deaths in Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu recorded 5,881
new cases of COVID19 infection on Friday taking the overall tally to 2,45,859, of
which 57, 968 were active
cases.
The State also recorded
the deaths of 97 patients including that of three persons
in their 20s, taking the toll to
3,935.
Chennai saw a marginal
dip in coronavirus infections
with 1,013 cases, but its overall tally was close to the one
lakhmark.
(With inputs from Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Bengaluru
and Chennai bureaus)
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