Test positivity in Karnataka, A.P. stays flat

Kerala reported 6,010 new instances of COVID-19 on Tuesday, with a testing stage of 54,751 samples. The take a look at positivity fee, which was 18.16% on October 13 got here down and stabilised between 12-14% after October 25.

The fee had dropped to 10.98%, indicating plateauing of transmission. However, low stage of illness transmission was more likely to proceed earlier than a perceptible dip. Public well being specialists cautioned that bodily distancing and common masking have been important to keep away from a flare-up.

The Health division, on Tuesday, added 28 extra deaths from between October 27 and November 8 to the official listing.

Of the 28 deaths reported on Tuesday, Thiruvananthapuram accounted for six, Kottayam 4, Kozhikode, Kannnur, Palakkad, Thrissur and Kollam three every and Pathanamthitta, Ernakulam and Malappuram, one every.

Kozhikode district reported 807 instances, Thrissur 711, Malappuram 685, Alapuzha 641, Ernakulam 583, Thiruvananthapuram 567, Kollam 431, Kottayam 426, Palakkad 342, Kannur 301, Pathanamthitta 234, Wayanad 112, Idukki 89 and Kasaragod 81 instances.

Telangana added 1,267 instances on Monday after testing 42,490 folks. The new instances included 201 from Greater Hyderabad, 109 from Medchal-Malkajgiri, 104 from Rangareddy, 89 from Nalgonda and 85 from Bhadradri-Kothagudem.

Narayanpet (3), Jogulamba-Gadwal (5) and Adilabad (6) recorded the bottom instances.

From March 2 to November 9, a complete of 46,84,766 samples have been examined.

Andhra Pradesh’s case tally inched nearer to eight.5 lakh with 1,886 new infections on Tuesday. Twelve extra deaths have been reported.

The general positivity fee of 87.85 lakh samples examined thus far was 9.63% whereas that of the 67,910 samples examined in the previous day was 2.78%.

Chittoor and Krishna reported three deaths every. Anantapur, East Godavari, Guntur, Prakasam, Visakhapatnam and West Godavari reported one demise every.

The new instances have been: Chittoor (291), West Godavari (282), Guntur (275), Krishna (269), East Godavari (227), Prakasam (111), Visakhapatnam (97), Nellore (79), Kadapa (67), Vizianagaram (62), Anantapur (60), Kurnool (33) and Srikakulam (33).

Karnataka on Tuesday reported 2,362 new instances and 20 deaths.

The day’s positivity fee stood at 2.15%. Testing was completed on 1,09,508 samples, together with 78,594 RT-PCR assessments.

(With inputs from Hyderabad, Vijayawada and Bengaluru bureaus)