Chennai, Aug 5: Karnataka on Wednesday crossed the 1.5 lakh mark in respect of COVID-19 cases and Kerala was on the verge of 30,000 while Andhra Pradesh witnessed a five- digit daily caseload after a lull.
Tamil Nadu saw a small jump in its daily cases as compared to Tuesday while Telangana and union territory Puducherry reported their respective record single-day spikes.
The five states and the union territory reported a combined 24,415 fresh confirmed coronavirus cases and 316 fatalities on Wednesday.
A Puducherry Minister tested positive for the deadly virus while an opposition AINRC legislator who contracted the coronavirus earlier was discharged after being cured of it.
In Karnataka, the coronavirus cases stood at 1,51,449 with the addition of 5,619 fresh cases while 100 deaths were reported, pushing the total fatalities to 2,804, the health department said.
According to a health bulletin, 74,679 persons have been discharged so far, leaving 73,958 active cases. Andhra Pradesh''s COVID-19 surge continued on Wednesday too, with 10,128 cases reported afresh after easing a little in the last four days.
The overall tally rose to 1,86,461 on Wednesday. The state had last reported its five-figure daily tally on July 31 when it was 10,376.
The state also saw a record number of 77 coronavirus deaths in a day, pushing the toll to 1,681, the latest bulletin said.
In the last 24 hours, 8,729 patients had also recovered from the infection and there were 80,426 active cases.
As many as 1,04,354 patients have been cured and discharged so far. Kerala was on the verge of 30,000 cases, as its tally stood at 29,145 with the addition of 1,195 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday.
The toll from the virus so far climbed to 94 with seven more deaths. Thiruvananthapuram continued to top the districts in infections with 274 cases on Wednesday, of whom 248 had been infected through contact.
Malappuram (167), Kasaragod (128), Ernakulam (120) and Alappuzha (108) reported over 100 cases. As many as 112 patients died of COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu, the highest reported in a single day so far, taking the toll to 4,461 on Wednesday while 5,175 more people tested positive, propelling the case count to 2.73 lakh.
Recoveries outnumbered fresh cases with 6,031 people getting discharged from various hospitals, taking the total cured to 2,14,815 as the active cases dropped to 54,184, a government bulletin said.
In Telangana, 2,012 new cases emerged while 13 related fatalities were reported, taking the total infection tally in the state to 70,958. Out of the new cases, 532 were from the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), followed by Medchal-Malkajgiri 198 and Rangareddy 188, a state government bulletin said on Wednesday, providing data as of 8 PM on August 4.
The total number of people who recovered from the infectious disease touched 50,814, while 19,568 were under treatment.
The COVID-19 fatality rate in the state was 0.81 per cent, while it was 2.10 per cent at the national level, it said. The recovery rate was 71.6 per cent in the state, while it was 66.31 per cent in the country, it added.
Puducherry clocked its worst single-day spike of 286 infections, recording seven deaths, even as the overall tally of cases went up to 4,432.
The deaths during the 24 hours in the Union Territory took the toll to 65 so far since the outbreak of the virus, Health Minister Malladi Krishna Rao told a virtual press conference.
His cabinet colleague M Kandasamy and his son reported positive for the virus and were admitted to JIPMER.
Locals present at the programme thrashed Abhishek Yadav before handing him over to the police.
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ye log muslim ko badnaami ke har koi moke nahi chodna chahte
Chakka saala.......narens and virens brother.....both are missing.
This is how these saffron goons attack temples and rape Hindu girls and blame it on muslims.....and some fools to react... they are attacking our nation in disguise......
Hopeless fellows. People Should be punished with this kind of mindse
Ththese kind of people make our countrys strength week. We shd all fight agnest these kind of idiots
HIJDA caught wearing burkha, may be an agenda of RSS
He is an FAH....
First of all this sangh parivar goonda should be punished heavily in such a way that he will do the mischief ever again. Secondly the gathering of muslim in the name of religious duty is not recommended. Allah will definitely punish those who go against Him. Maatam is not recommended in Island. Rather it is recommended to do good things and fast two days. People instead of following it correctly, are practicing unnecessary and unauthorized activities.
Sikandi Baba in action.. haha,.. may be like his leader he is also confused with his gender..
It seems that our Hindu Brother is very much attracted to the Burkha. May Allah bless him with Hidayath.
Whenever such incidents happens the Culprits are caught...
9/11 done by the zionist... daily YT exposes with more proof.
Godse done the same act of disguising as muslim and killing Gandhi but was identified in the same day.
Here one more cheddi got caught...
I now Wonder, if all the bomb blast were done by this same ENEMIES who change their identity to spread corruption in the land to keep the masses in fear.....and rule those who are unaware of the CREATOR of all that exists
When caught, they will definitely say he is mentally ill ..... This is the nature of those who worship the devils.
I feel pity on those hindus who still fall trap to these DECEIVERS..
It is not surprise. Sangha Pariwar is always doing these kinds of anti-human act.
There may be VHP/ ABVP protest in Mangalore over beating their brother.
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