Coronavirus | Southern States report a decline in cases

The COVID-19 case load in Kerala declined as 5,804 individuals examined constructive on Friday.

The take a look at positivity charge, nevertheless, had a slight enhance from the day before today’s 9.68%, to 9.97%, for 58,221 samples.

The State added 26 extra deaths. Six deaths have been from Thiruvananthapuram, three every from Kollam, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, and Malappuram, two every from Alappuzha and Palakkad, and one from Kannur.

Among the cases reported on Friday, 4,988 have been regionally acquired infections and 118 individuals have come from different States. The supply of an infection of 643 individuals isn’t identified. There have been 55 well being employees among the many newly contaminated individuals.

Andhra Pradesh recorded lower than 2,000 new cases for the sixth day at 1,593 and 10 extra deaths.

Testing coated 80,737 samples with 1.97% returning constructive, the bottom single-day positivity charge in 5 months. The total positivity charge has been put at 9.44%.

With 2,178 new recoveries, the rely has gone as much as 8,24,189 and the restoration charge barely elevated to 96.82%. Currently, there are 20,262 lively cases in the State.

Krishna district reported three new deaths, Visakhapatnam two deaths, Chittoor, Guntur, Nellore, Vizianagaram, and West Godavari districts one dying every.

New infections have been as follows: East Godavari district (259), Chittoor (225), Krishna (202), Guntur (202), West Godavari (188), Anantapur (105), Nellore (93), Visakhapatnam (90), Srikakulam (58), Prakasam (51), Kurnool (45), Kadapa (43) and Vizianagaram (42).

East Godavari’s tally crossed the 1.2-lakh mark and has no less than 30,000 cases greater than its neighbouring West Godavari, which has the second-highest tally. Both the districts account for 25% of the State’s caseload.

The district an infection tallies are as follows: East Godavari (1,20,050), West Godavari (89,855), Chittoor (81,791), Guntur (70,596), Anantapur (66,023), Prakasam (60,828), Nellore (60,792), Kurnool (59,896), Visakhapatnam (57,143), Kadapa (53,497), Srikakulam (44,921), Krishna (42,819) and Vizianagaram (40,192).

A development of low numbers continued in Karnataka with 2,016 new cases on Friday. Tests stood at 1,17,999. Also, 17 extra deaths have been reported. The State’s positivity charge stood at 1.71%. Bengaluru Urban district reported 1,030 new cases.

Telangana on Thursday reported 997 cases and 4 deaths.

The State examined 42,163 samples. Greater Hyderabad added 169 cases, Medchal Malkajgiri 85, Rangareddy 66 and Bhadradri Kothagudem 65 cases.

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