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AS KERALA LOGS 30K+ COVID CASES, CENTRE LOOKS AT WAYS TO CURB INTER-STATE SPREAD

India reports 41,965 new Covid-19 cases, 33,964 recoveries and 460 deaths in the last 24 hours, the health ministry says.

India reported 41,965 new Covid-19 cases and 460 deaths in the last 24 hours, said the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday. With the addition of new cases, the active caseload of India reached 378,181, which is 1.15 per cent of the total cases. Notably, of the total new cases recorded across the country, Kerala registered 32,803 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the active cases in the state to 229,912. It also saw 173 deaths in the last 24 hours.

In a telephonic conversation with the health ministers of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday reviewed the Covid-19 situation in these states. Due to the rising cases in Kerala, he discussed matters related to Covid-19 management in those areas of the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, which border Kerala, according to an official release.

Highlighting the need to take adequate steps to contain the inter-state spread of Covid-19, Mandaviya requested the respective health ministers of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to increase the pace of vaccination in districts of their states that border Kerala.

Karnataka has already announced seven-day mandatory institutional quarantine for those arriving from Kerala.

Kerala’s weekly positivity rate remains at 14-19 per cent and it is bound to spill over to its neighbours, officials said. The state has been reporting more than 10,000 new cases every day for more than a month even as other states witnessed a drop in daily surge. No wonder Kerala has logged over 40 lakh cases since the start of the pandemic.

Currently, the daily positivity rate in the country is at 2.61 per cent. As many as 33,964 patients recovered across the country from the viral disease in the last 24 hours taking the total recoveries to 3,19,93,644. The current recovery rate is at 97.51 per cent. With 460 fatalities, the Covid death toll in the country reached 4,39,020.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the total number of samples tested till today is 52,31,84,293 crore. Of which, 16,06,785 samples have been tested on Tuesday. Under the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive, India has administered over 65.41 crore vaccine doses so far.

According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, more than 18.3 crore doses have been administered in the month of August.

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