Bengaluru: Karnataka on Monday logged 38,603 new Covid -19 cases, which is significantly higher than Sunday's count of 31,531 fresh infections. And on Monday, the cumulative total reached 22,42,065, while the active number of cases touched 6,03,639, the health bulletin stated. It further noted, 476 people died due to the coronavirus pushing the death toll to 22,313, while the total recoveries reached 16,16,092 after 34,635 were discharged in the last 24 hours.
Earlier in the day, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa asked the patients to make use of the triaging centres in the city to avail medical treatment before going to the hospital. "We are increasing the number of triage centres in the city. There will be doctors available round-the-clock at these centres, who will work in three shifts."
"Looking at the conditions of the patients, the doctors will recommend sending them to the hospitals and will decide when to give treatment at the ICU," the Chief Minister said at the launch of a triage centre of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike at Kengeri in the city.
Meanwhile, Karnataka government said that altogether 97 people in the state contracted mucormycosis or black fungus as a post-Covid complications in the state. However, there is no reason to panic as it does not spread like Covid, state Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar assured. In case a patient contracts black fungus, Sudhakar said he/she should notify regional centres in the state for its treatment.
Kerala sees fall in cases
Continuing to register a decline in new daily infections, Kerala on Monday reported 21,402 fresh Covid-19 case, taking the caseload to 21,39,314, while a record 99,651 people were cured in the last 24 hours, pushing the total recoveries to 18,00,179. The dip in new cases was detected through 86,505 tests carried out in the last 24 hours, taking the test positivity rate to 24.74 per cent. With 87 more people succumbing to the disease, the toll reached 6,515.
Currently 3,62,315 people are undergoing treatment for the virus in the state. Of the positive cases, 100 people had come from outside the state and 19,612 were infected through contact. While Malappuram reported 2,941 cases, the highest, Thiruvananthapuram accounted for 2,634, Ernakulam 2,315, Thrissur 2,045 and Kollam 1,946. At least 10,19,085 people are under quarantine in various districts.
Meanwhile, Kerala is past the peak of the second wave of the Covid, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said, and told people not to lower their guard. "The experts are of the opinion that the peak of the disease spread is over but we should continue to restrain ourselves, Vijayan said. He said it is a positive sign that the average number of cases per day has started coming down as a result of the weekend restrictions, night curfews and the general caution implemented before the lockdown. He said that triple lockdown is being implemented successfully in Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam, Thrissur and Malappuram districts.
33,075 new cases in Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu recorded 33,075 new Covid cases, bringing the state tally to 16,31,291. Among these, Chennai reported 6,150 cases, bringing the city’s total to 4,44,371. The state recorded 335 deaths on Monday, putting the state toll at 18,005. A total of 20,486 patients were discharged following treatment, taking the total number of recoveries to 13,81,690. As of Sunday, the number of active cases in the state is 2,19,342. Till date, 9,56,543 males, 6,41,635 females and 38 transgenders have tested positive for the virus in the state. According to a bulletin released by the Health and Family Welfare Department , 2,51,17,215 samples from the state have been tested till date. There are 267 testing facilities in the state, out of which 69 are government and 198 are private facilities.
