Thiruvananthapuram: Covid-19 cases in Kerala continued to rise with the state reporting 51,570 new infections taking the total number of affected people to 59,83,515. The state has reported 14 coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours taking the death count to 53,666, the state health department said.
The state has tested 1,03,366 samples in the last 24 hours, health department said. On Saturday, Kerala had reported 50,812 cases. On January 25, Kerala had registered 55,475 cases, the highest ever single-day spike in the infection count since the outbreak of the pandemic in 2020.
Among the districts, Ernakulam reported 9,704 cases, the highest in the state, followed by Thrissur with 7,289 and Thiruvananthapuram with 5,746 cases. "Currently, there are 3,54,595 active cases in the state out of which only 3.4 per cent are admitted to hospitals," the health department said.
28,264 new cases in Karnataka
Karnataka reported 28,264 new Covid cases and 68 deaths, taking the tally to 37,85,295, and death count to 38,942. There were 29,244 discharges, taking the total number of recoveries to 34,95,239, a health bulletin said.
Of the new cases, 11,938 were from Bengaluru Urban that saw 10,454 people being discharged and 14 virus-related deaths. The total number of active cases across the state is now at 2,51,084.
While the positivity rate for the day stood at 16.38 per cent, the case fatality rate (CFR) was 0.24 per cent. Of the 68 deaths, 14 are from Bengaluru Urban, Mysuru (10), Dakshina Kannada and Ballari (7), Tumakuru (4), Chitradurga (3), Belagavi, Chamarajanagara, Haveri, Kalaburagi, Mandya, Raichur and Uttara Kannada (2), followed by others.
Cases fall in Tamil Nadu
The number of daily Covid cases in Tamil Nadu continued to fall for the eighth consecutive day with 22,238 fresh infections. The number of recoveries exceeded new infections for the fourth day in a row as 26,624 were reported on Sunday. The number of deaths also came down marginally with 38. This took the toll to 37,544.
Chennai reported 3,998 cases, the highest in the State. It was followed by Coimbatore, which reported 2,865. Four other districts - Chengalpattu (1,534), Tiruppur (1,497), Salem (1,181) and Erode (1,127) - reported more than 1,000 cases. Another six districts reported more than 500 cases. Mayiladuthurai (98) and Perambalur (52) were the only two districts to report less than 100 cases. All 38 districts reported a marginal to noticeable decline compared to the day before. Among the 38 deaths, 10 happened in Chennai. Chengalpattu, Tiruchi, and Madurai reported six, five and three deaths respectively. Coimbatore, Tiruppur and Tiruvallur reported two deaths each. Another eight districts reported one death each.
