Coronavirus | Kerala detects over 7,000 cases

It was once more over 7,000 COVID-19 cases in Kerala, with the State testing 50,000 samples and detecting 7,025 new cases on Sunday.

However, there was no let up in mortality. On Sunday, the Health division launched information on 28 individuals whose deaths had been added to the official toll.

Of the 28 deaths reported, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam and Kannur reported 5 deaths every, Alapuzha 4, Kozhikode three, Thrissur and Palakkad two every, Malappuram and Ernakulam one dying every.

Ernakulam district reported the utmost of 1,042 cases, Thrissur 943, Kozhikode 888, Kollam 711, Alapuzha 616, Thiruvananthapuram 591, Malappuram 522, Palakkad 435, Kottayam 434, Kannur 306, Pathanamthitta 160, Idukki 148, Kasaragod 143 and Wayanad 86.

Telangana recorded 1,416 extra cases on Saturday. While 41,675 individuals had been examined, outcomes of 887 had been awaited. Five extra sufferers died.

The 1,416 new cases included 279 from Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation space, 132 from Rangareddy, 112 from Medchal Malkajgiri, 82 from Nalgonda, 79 from Bhadradri-Kothagudem, and 74 every from Khammam and Karimnagar. The lowest of two cases had been recorded from Narayanpet, whereas Nirmal had solely seven contemporary cases.

Andhra Pradesh reported 2,618 new infections and 16 deaths on Sunday.

Daily positivity of 82,405 samples was 3.19%, the bottom in months, and the general positivity price of 81.11 lakh samples examined stays at 10.18%.

Five districts reported no new deaths whereas Krishna reported 4 deaths, the best. Chittoor and Guntur reported three deaths every whereas West Godavari, East Godavari and Srikakulam reported one dying every.

In Karnataka, constructive cases in October declined when in comparison with August and September, whereas testing elevated.

On Sunday,3,652 new COVID-19 cases had been reported.Twenty-four individuals throughout the State succumbed to the virus on Sunday.

The variety of RT-PCR exams performed in October rose to 18.43 lakh, in comparison with 11.05 lakh in September. The variety of speedy antigen exams declined from 9.13 lakh in September to eight.59 lakh in October.

C.N. Manjunath, Director of Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and the nodal officer for labs and testing within the State’s COVID-19 job pressure, mentioned that 68% of the exams in October had been RT-PCR. “We have seen that the RT-PCR tests have better sensitivity and many people who had negative results in the rapid antigen tests tested positive in the RT-PCR test. However, the rapid antigen tests have complemented the testing strategy and reduced the burden on the RT-PCR tests as they give immediate results,” he added.

Health and Family Welfare Minister and Medical Education Minister K. Sudhakar mentioned that the variety of recoveries had been greater than new cases for the 18th consecutive day. On Sunday, the discharge price within the state stood at 92.52 %.

(With inputs from Thiruvananthapuram, Hyderabad, Vijayawada and Bengaluru bureaus)