New cases in Telangana still in 2,000s band; five A.P. districts have nearly 50% of tally; Karnataka reports lower incidence
Kerala’s COVID-19 incidence soared with 5,376 new cases reported on Wednesday. This is a new high, coming less than a week after passing the 4,000 cases mark.
The number of tests conducted also hit a new high at 51,200 samples in 24 hours.
Active cases went up to 42,786. There were 362 critically ill patients in ICUs, 95 of them on ventilator support.
The State added another 20 deaths, which occurred between August 22 and September 19, to its virus toll.
Twelve of these deaths were reported from Kozhikode, three each from Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam, and two deaths from Malappuram.
A total of 5,192 cases were locally acquired infections, with no known source in 640 cases. This included 99 healthcare workers.
Thiruvananthapuram reported the highest number of…