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.
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Dear Viren there is nothing hell in your religion, thats the reason they are coming towards islam
very funny.
Dear All,
Please note few of these points about Islam.
Wish you all the best. May God bless you with happiness and good health always and you lead a happy life forever. Our prayers are with you. But try to keep away from unnecessary things and lead a simple life.
Bro.. its other way round. Hindu girls are falling love with handsome guys and beautiful religion
This is called true Islam. When 27 Karsevaks like Balbir Singh can embrace Islam , you just imagine the power of Islam.
Mix equal quantity of love and jihad in a cup and drink it...
and dont forget to buy burnol to cool off your bloody b***
Read the quran with translated original (not chaddis version). U Will end up in Reverting Islam.. In Sha Allah.
In the Quran the chilling & fearful explanation of Hell fire & HELL is there to those who reject ONE CREATOR and associate partners with him and worship all those demi-gods.
LOVE of His True last messenger & ONE CREATOR is the only way to escape from the HELL fire and attain HEAVEN.
JIHAD – constant struggle with oneself to be obedient to God, struggle (Jihad) against oppression of all kinds unleashed by enemies of humanity.
It is human nature to search for truth and aspire purity rejecting all manmade, false, ungodly beliefs & customs. No force on the earth can stop this and that is the reason thousands are attracted on daily basis to the Religion of Peace & Truth - ISLAM.
How long will YOU ignorants blame love jehad.. We request you to OPEN the QURAN (the quranproject) online and check what is written about love jehad... Unless YOU learn about quran .... YOU are following the RSS commandments and singing the same tone (it's love jehad) since years... When U guys open up your God given intellect.. Dont be SLAVES of RSS ... Use your intellect to know WHY PEOPLE are REVERTING to ISLAM... instead of blaming and licking the politicians and the haters of Islam.
This all happens because you bloody morons donot understand what is love and care all about.
Go drink sleep on streets, make your wife & childrens (some people dont have that too) wait home, come home next morning once again in Bar... Your life begins and Ends in BAR & Restaurent.
Dear Brother Study about Islam than you come to know what the hell is there in Islam (Alhamdulillah).
Congrats Shoaib
There are many cases like this. They all get converted into islam. There is racket to do conversion. Should stop this.. Stop Love Jihad
Stockholm syndrome by love jihad.. She may not feel trapped now. Later she feels that
Media highlighting only if anybody comes to Islam.. Pleasing minority
We wont care, if she got converted into christianity or other religion. Media giving unwanted prominants to some rubbish news. They are making controversy
Is that an important news
This is called love jihad. These muslim men make friendship with beautiful Hindu girls, make them fall in love with them. After wedding blackmail them to become Muslims. Need to put an end to this ugly practice at the earliest. What the hell is there in that religion.
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