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From peak of over 70,000 samples, State now exams 50,000-plus; Karnataka incidence above 7,000; Telangana, A.P. keep flat
Kerala reported 9,016 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday from 52,067 samples.
The check positivity charge stood at 17.31%, greater than the 14.05% of the day gone by. After testing 73,816 samples on October 7, the best quantity, subsequent days confirmed testing drop to 38,259 samples on October 12. Samples examined in a daybarely went above 50,000, since then. The sudden drop in testing has been attributed to technical glitches in the brand new Lab Diagnosis and Management System.
The whole samples examined in a day, as given out by the Health division, doesn’t specify each day exams carried out each day to detect new cases. Since the overall samples consists of repeat samples and antigen exams carried out previous to discharging sufferers (on common, 7,500-8,000 a day), precise samples examined to detect new infections each day had been described as seemingly decrease than the claimed determine.
The Health division added 26 extra deaths from the past days to the loss of life listing on Saturday. Thiruvananthapuram reported seven deaths. There had been 4 at Malappuram, three every at Kollam, Kottayam and Thrissur two every at Kozhikode and Alapuzha and one every at Ernakulam and Kannur.
Malappuram’s cases continued to climb at 1,519. Thrissur had 1,109, Ernakulam 1,022, Kozhikode 926, Thiruvananthapuram 848, Palakkad 688, Kollam 656, Alapuzha 629, Kannur 464, Kottayam 411, Kasaragod 280, Pathanamthitta 203, Idukki 140 and Wayanad 121 cases.
Karnataka on Saturday reported 7,184 new cases and 71 extra deaths. Bengaluru Urban district reported 3,371 cases. With 14 of 71 deaths from Bengaluru, the toll rose to three,500. The State carried out 1,01,016 exams together with 24,174 fast antigen exams on Saturday.
Andhra Pradesh reported lower than 4 thousand new infections. It recorded 3,676 new infections and 24 fresh deaths on Saturday.
At 5.19%, the positivity charge of 70,881 samples was the bottom in over three months. The total positivity charge dropped to 11.14%. East Godavari’s each day new cases dropped however it continued to report the best tallies. Chittoor had the best variety of new deaths.
Telangana’s incidence stood at 1,451 on Friday and 9 extra COVID-19 sufferers died. On October 16, a whole of 42,497 folks had been examined for the virus. The new cases included 235 from Greater Hyderabad.
(With inputs from Thiruvananthapuram,Bengaluru, Vijayawada and Hyderabad bureaus)
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