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.
After paying negotiated fine amount to Saudi Telecom company, judge Saad Al Garni who is chairing the probe into the case has reportedly ordered the release of three prisoners. If everything goes as expected, Riyaz Bajpe, Fairooz Ullal and Nasir Bundar will walk free soon as the formalities for their release is underway.
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IFF getting credit by the main person from Ullal struggled a lot behind this issue. nobody remember him. Finally the credit goes to IFF
Mashaallah great job done by iff
Masha allah great job done by. IFF.
ALHAMDULILLAH...
Tremended work done by INDIA FRATERNITY FORUM.
financially support from donors is highly appreciated.
may ALLAH accept all good deeds from all.
One of the noble act by India Fraternity Forum. And we must appreciate the NRI business personalities who responded positively to IFF call. Thank you CDi for the news..!!
From the bottom of my heart I really thank and pray with Almighty Allah to bless each of them whoever helped these fellow brothers to get release from the jail.
May Allah accept all our good deeds- Ameen.
Well done IFF and team! Following up a case for last 7 years is not an easy task. It is victory for team work, determination and patience.
Financial support from donors and victims family is highly appreciated.
May Allah accept the good deed from all.
Masha Allah. Great job
Masha Allah .great job
Al Hamdulillah after so many years of relentless efforts from IFF finally Allah has helped us in getting positive result. Hats off to IFF, we are with you.
Really great work May Allah accept our good deeds
Dear CD
Why did u edited the report. It seems that u dont want to highlight the efforts of Iff brothers in the report
My special thanks to India fraternity forum and business man for this great noble cause. Keep it up.
Great work by India Fraternity Forum (IFF), Jeddah, May Allah reward for your humanitarian Service. We have to appreciate IFF efforts because they are following this case since more than 7 years for this particular case. IFF team achieved this goal by the grace of Allah and well wishers as well as Indian Consulate service.
My special thanks to IFF and business man who supported for this great noble cause. Allah will bless you for this great job. Keep it up.
EIFF good work
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Correct report ..
IFF good work , keep the good work
IFF doing a great work in GCC , ..
Alhamdulilha may Allah reward all the people who worked for it and even the donors who supported well specially Indian Faternity Forum.
Great Work by I.F.F
Great job done IFF jeddah Team..
Keep it up...
Great work by iff because struggling behind the case from 7 year is not so easy. This case finalized by iff without any political support . And one who donated for this will be appreciated and will get reward in sha Allah
Al hamdulillah
Tremended work done by IFF from last 7 years they are following case in filed work documentation every thing great...without IFF efforts it was not possible to release this case..they have done major case like Nelaydi Sulaiman 3 years back got released and Kakkepadau Tahaliah Case they fought with insurance company 5 years back.. finally insurance payed Orphans family SR 1.25 lakh. may almighty allah accept good deeds...special thanks to welwisher team
Good job IFF
Iff is doing great work throughout gulf countries. As I closely watched social work which doing by iff for Indian expatriates is really good and appreciable. In above case Aslo iff have done wonderful job and get great success to release them from jail. Congratulation to iff to get great success. Keep on serve Indian community. Good luck
Great work IFF....
Good work.
Alhamdulillah
Masha Allah Good job IFF
Keep it up IFF. Your effort is really appreciable.
Thanks IFF, Hats off for your efforts, several tried but you guys succeed. some times need extra power than money, hats off again.
Congrats.. Thanks to the authority
Should thank to the authority or the people who tried for the release made that possible
Allah's grace. Those who are believing in Allah, will not get suffered.
Al Hamdulillah
THANKS FOR IFF AND BUSINESS MAN
Congrats. Al Hamdulillah. May almighty reward all the donors including CD boss. the efforts of IFF is also appreciable.
Good news.
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