With 608 cases, Kerala experiences a big surge
Understand reality of virus spread, says Pinarayi Vijayan; Karnataka witnesses 87 deaths; 67 fatalities in T.N.; A.P. toll is 43
A massive surge in local transmission of COVID19 in coastal Thiruvananthapuram resulted in Kerala recording its highest single day spike yet of 608 cases on Tuesday. The State’s cumulative case burden fell just short of the 9,000 mark. Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan, said the public had to come to terms with the reality that the COVID19 situation was set to escalate. The State had to prepare itself for the long haul and the epidemic was not expected to ease before year end. Kerala’s 608 new cases raised cumulative cases to 8,930. Imported cases were 198, while those reported from the community from local transmission accounted for more than double the number, at 409. Mr.Vijayan said that in 26 “contact cases”, an epidemiological link was yet to be established. Those who acquired COVID19 through local transmission included eight health care workers, one BSF jawan, two ITBP personnel and two CISF men. A 47yearold man died at Alapuzha taking Kerala’s COVID death toll to 34. With 151 recoveries on Tuesday, active cases were 4,454. Andhra Pradesh witnessed 43 deaths in 24 hours, and for the third day in a row, cases were close to the 2,000mark. With 1,916 fresh cases, the tally went up to 33,019 and the death toll to 408, a Health Department bulletin said. Local cases touched 30,163, representing 91% of all cases. There were 2,856 imported cases and 2,424 of them were people from other States and 432 foreign returnees. Eleven districts reported more than 100 new cases. Karnataka on Tuesday saw 87 deaths, the highest on
a single day so far. With this, the toll touched 842. With 2,496 new cases, the total for positive cases touched 44,077. Bengaluru Urban recorded 1,267 cases and 56 deaths. After seeing a decline in the number of tests in the past two days, as many as 23,674 tests were conducted on Tuesday. 4,526 new cases in T.N.
Fourteen districts, excluding Chennai, reported over 100 cases of COVID19 each on Tuesday. While new infections continued to fall in Chennai, the rest of the State accounted for nearly 76% of 4,526 fresh cases. Tamil Nadu’s overall tally stood at 1,47,321 of which 47,912 persons were under treatment. The number of persons discharged after treatment rose to 97,310, with 4,743 more being discharged. Another 67 persons, including a 13yearold girl, died, taking the toll to 2,099. Chennai’s case dip continued for the sixth day, with 1,078 fresh cases reported. Among those discharged 1,858 were from city hospitals. With this, a total of 62,552 persons were discharged in the city, while 15,814 were under treatment. (With inputs from Vijayawada, Bengaluru and Chennai bureaus)
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