Local spread in Kerala widens with 107 cases
For third day, A.P. adds over 1,000 cases to tally, records 12 deaths; 64 die in T.N.; Karnataka has biggest spike of 2,062 cases
Kerala’s cumulative burden of COVID19 cases crossed the 6,000 mark with 301 cases reported on Wednesday. The State’s case tally now stands at 6,195 cases, a jump of 1,000 cases over the last few days. In the past one week, there was a big increase in local transmission of cases. On Wednesday, local transmission accounted for 107 cases, with imported cases put at
194. Moreover, 60 out of 107 “contact” cases or cases in the community were reported in the capital district, where COVID19 was spreading among the fisherfolk in coastal Poonthura. Thiruvananthapuram also accounted for the maximum number of new cases reported at 64, of which 60 were traced to contact with
asymptomatic infective persons. A chunk of these cases were in Poonthura and the neighbouring coastal villages, densely populated by fisherfolk. While it was speculated that in Poonthura it could be an isolated event of mass spread, public health experts felt that the situation would be no different across the entire coastal line of the State and that only intensive testing in the local community would reveal the full extent of disease transmission. Continuing to witness over 1,000 fresh COVID19 cases for the third consecutive day, Andhra Pradesh reported 1,062 fresh infections, taking the tally to 22,259 during the past 24 hours. Also, 12 new deaths were reported and the death toll mounted to 264. The number of recoveries overtook active cases with the discharge of 1,356 patients in the past day. The number of discharges in a
day was also more than the number of new cases. The total number of active cases was 10,894 and recovered cases at 11,101 putting the recovery rate at 50%. Three new deaths occurred in Kurnool where the toll went up to 88. Anantapur, Krishna and West Godavari witnessed two deaths each and Chittoor, Guntur and Visakhapatnam one death each. Karnataka reported a biggest single day spike of 2,062
new COVID19 cases and a record 54 related fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 28,877 and the death toll to 474, the health department said. The day also saw 778 patients getting discharged after recovery. The
overall mortality rate is at 1.19%. State Medical Education K Sudhakar said the managements of private hospitals have agreed to provide 3,500 beds for treatment of COVID19 patients.
3,756 new cases in T.N Chennai along with five northern districts accounted for nearly 60% of the 3,756 new cases of coronavirus disease reported in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday. The surge continued in the southern parts especially in Madurai, Kanyakumari and Thoothukudi. With this, the overall State tally rose to 1,22,347. A total of 3,051 persons were discharged from hospitals, while 64 more persons succumbed to the infection. There were 46,480 active cases, while 74,167 patients were discharged. The death toll stood at 1,700. (With inputs from Vijayawada, Chennai bureaus and PTI)
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