India News | Kerala's COVID-19 Tally Breaches 10,000 Mark; Toll Climbs to 37
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. With fresh COVID-19 cases continuing to surge, Kerala's tallybreachedthe 10,000 mark and the death toll climbed to 37 with two more fatalities on Thursday.
Thiruvananthapuram, July 16 (PTI) With fresh COVID-19 cases continuing to surge, Kerala's tallybreachedthe 10,000 mark and the death toll climbed to 37 with two more fatalities on Thursday.
The state reported 722 fresh cases, the first time that the daily spike crossed 700, as the total infection count touched 10,275, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told reporters here.
A 39-year-old man, who had come from Ahmedabad, and a 25-year-old employee of the cargo division in the Chennai airportsuccumbed to the virus.
Twelve heath workers, including five doctors from the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital, three Border Security Force and three Indo-Tibetian Border Police personnel are among the infected on Thursday.
As many as 228 people recovered from the infection and the active cases stood at 5,432. Of the new cases, a total of 157 had come from abroad, 62 from other states and 481 were infected through contact. The source of 34 patients was not yet known,Vijayan said. Thiruvananthapuram continued to see a spike in COVID-19 cases with 339 cases being reported on Thursday, followed by Ernakulam district (57) and Kollam and Malappuram 42each. At least 1,83,900 people are under observation, 5,432 are in various hospitals, including 804 admitted on Thursday. So far, 2,68,128 samples have been tested and results of 7,797 samples are awaited, the chief minister said. There were 271 hotspots and 84 clusters, including ten large community clusters. With cases rising, the state will ramp up testing facilitiesand efforts were being made to speed up the results, he said adding first line treatment centres were being set up in all panchayats. PTII UD
(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)