Coronavirus | Kerala’s positivity rate unchanged at over 12%

Kerala reported 6,638 new COVID-19 circumstances on Friday, testing 53,981 samples. The take a look at positivity rate was 12.29%, within the 12%-14% band seen in current days.

Of energetic circumstances, 806 sufferers have been critically in poor health, in ICUs, with 230 requiring ventilator help.

Fresh deaths added to the State’s official listing on Friday stood at 28.

These occurred between October 17 and 27. Thiruvananthapuram accounted for seven, Kozhikode 5, Malappuram and Thrissur three every, Ernakulam, Kottayam, and Kollam two every, and Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta, Wayanad, and Kannur one case every.

Thrissur district reported 1,096 circumstances, Malappuram 761, Kozhikode 722, Ernakulam 674, Alappuzha 664, Thiruvananthapuram 587, Kollam 482, Palakkad 482, Kottayam 367, Kannur 341, Pathanamthitta 163, Kasaragod 133, Wayanad 90, and Idukki 76 circumstances.

Andhra Pradesh reported 2,886 new infections and 17 new deaths on Friday.

The positivity rate for 84,401 samples was 3.42% and general positivity rate of 79.46 lakh assessments 10.33%.

Three districts reported no new deaths, and Krishna district three deaths. Guntur, Chittoor, Visakhapatnam, Anantapur and Kadapa reported two deaths every whereas West Godavari, East Godavari, Prakasam and Vizianagaram reported one new dying every, West Godavari reported 493 new circumstances, the best.

It was adopted by Krishna (448), East Godavari (405), Guntur (385), Chittoor (296), Visakhapatnam (152), Anantapur (151), Kadapa (148), Prakasam (146), Nellore (80), Srikakulam (77), Vizianagaram (69) and Kurnool (36).

The district an infection tally was as follows: East Godavari (1,15,373), West Godavari (85,258), Chittoor (77,991), Guntur (66,896), Anantapur (64,436), Kurnool (59,434), Nellore (59,410), Prakasam (59,267), Visakhapatnam (55,700), Kadapa (51,911), Srikakulam (43,865), Vizianagaram (39,230) and Krishna (38,899).

Telangana added 1,531 circumstances on Thursday. The State examined 43,790 samples. There have been six extra fatalities. Greater Hyderabad recorded 293 circumstances, Medchal-Malkajgiri district 120, Rangareddy 114 , and Bhadadri Kothagudem 96.

People with average to extreme signs have been requested to report back to notified authorities hospitals within the State.

Karnataka on Friday reported 3,589 new circumstances, with a positivity rate of three.47%, and 49 new deaths.

Bengaluru Urban reported 1,811 circumstances and 27 of 49 deaths. Karnataka carried out 1,03,281 assessments in the course of the day, 79,369 of them RT-PCR assessments.

(With inputs from Vijayawada, Hyderabad and Bengaluru bureaus)