Bengaluru, Jul 27: Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka crossed the grim milestone of one lakh Covid-19 cases while Tamil Nadu logged nearly 7,000 fresh infections for the third straight day on Monday as the sharp spike in recent weeks continued unabated in the southern states.
Kerala's tally inched toward the 20,000-mark and Telangana saw the total infection count beach the 55,000-mark while the cumulative cases rose to 2,872 in the tiny union territory of Puducherry as the six together added 20,629 fresh cases and their aggregate shot to 5.02 lakh.
A total of 291 deaths were reported on Monday from these states with Tamil Nadu accounting for the maximum of 77 closely followed by Karnataka with 74 fatalities, according to bulletins issued by respective states.
The cases have been rising in the region since last month when the lockdown norms were eased and thousands of people returned even as testing had been given a push.
The worst-hit was Andhra Pradesh where the Covid-19 count doubled in just eight days as the day's 6,051 cases pushed the tally to 1,02,349. It had crossed the 50,000-mark on July 20.
East Godavari district registered a high of 1,210 cases. After 16,86,446 tests were completed on Monday, the Covid-19 positivity rate in the state shot past the 6 per cent mark, a record high.
From 15,252 confirmed cases on July 1, the number swelled to the current level as every district in the state has been witnessing a severe surge in the pandemic.
The toll rose to 1,090 with 49 fresh deaths. The state now has 51,701 active cases after a total of 49,558 patients had recovered, a bulletin said.
Covid-19 cases in Karnataka spiralled to 1,01,465 as the state reported the biggest single-day spike of 5,324 new infections and 75 fatalities, taking the death toll to 1,953, the health department said.
The day also saw 1,847 patients getting discharged, taking the cumulative recoveries to 37,685.
Tamil Nadu reported highest single-day spike of 6,993 cases, taking the tally to 2,20,716 while 77 deaths propelled the toll to 3,571.
The state has added 45,038 cases since last Monday while the active cases stood at 54,896 and recoveries touched 1,62,249, including 5,723 people discharged today.
Chennai accounted for 95,857 cases of the state's tally.
In Kerala, at least 43 health workers were among the 702 people who tested positive while 745 others recovered, as the state's total infection tally touched 19,727.
The death toll climbed to 63 with two more fatalities from Kozhikode and Kottayam districts, while 9,611 people were presently under treatment, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said.
A total of 10,054 patients have recovered so far and over 1.55 lakh people were under observation, he told reporters in Thiruvananthapuram.
Telangana's total infection count rose to 55,532 with the addition of 1,473 cases, including 506 from Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) areas, a government bulletin said on Monday, providing data as of 8 pm on Sunday.
With eight more deaths, the Covid-19 toll in the state rose to 471. The death rate was 0.85 per cent as against 2.3 per cent in the country, it said.
As many as 42,106 people have recovered from the infection so far, while 12,955 were under treatment.
Puducherry logged 86 new cases, pushing the overall tally to 2,872 and the toll increased to 43 with three more deaths. It has 1,109 active cases, an official statement said.
“Whoever lives in Hindustan and has respect for its traditions, are all Hindus. Muslims may have different ways of performing prayers, but their nationality is Hindu. All Hindus are accountable for Hindustan,” Mr. Bhagwat told aHindu Sammelan' here.
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Your topic is outdated... people know your evil intention to make peaceful hindus and muslims fight each other..
It would be better for you to look Who is our CREATOR and how he wants our life to be lived rather than only creating evils in the society...
the word 'Hind' in arabic means 'India\.. in that context , what he said is correct.. all indian nationals are Hindu nationals , irrespective of their religion.. there is no religion named 'Hinduism\"
Name 'hinduism' term used by british for easy survey.. other than Muslims and christans, all others included under 'hindu' label."
Mr. Chaddi guru please shut up your mouth. Suggest to think at least 5 times before your speak
India does not belong to any communal group. Only freedom fighters and their alliance permitted to give any comments advise. chaddi desh drohi has no right to talk about HINDUSTAN.
Jai Hind!
Who r u to decide who is who?
If u go to Kerala and Tamilnadu they don't understand word Hindusthan....He He He....
So Modi slogan India First will change to Hindu First. Eventually it will turn to sangha first. Looks like he is on drug. RSS has accumulated and looted large sum of Indian money since Modi came to power. CBI has to investigate every RSS member account.
I dont find anything wrong in this . Ofcourse we can also be called Hindus .as Hindusim is not a religion , it is a way of life and people staying in a geographical area ..we Muslims have lot of tradition and culture imbibed by our hindu ancestors , dargah worhsip is also one among that ... we are hindus Mr Mohan bhagwath ... hindus or bharatiya is fine with me . you guys belongs to sanathan dharma ... we belong to islam .. but i strongly believe we are hindus ...
WHO IS THE HELL YOU TO DICIDE, YOU ARE A JUST TERRORIST GO AND FIGHT IN BORDER,
I am working is Gulf.... and every Indian here is called HINDI irrespective of which religion he belongs to... So what's a big deal...
By the way Hindu/Hindus is not the real name of the religion. It is called Sanathana Dharm... Unfortunately loads don't know this fact.
Hindu/Hindus is the name given by foreign invaders who came to India in the past.
Correct me if I am wrong
Which nationality his balls belong ???????????????????
Ajjer na posa raaga surand.......aklakulu benpunu aklakul thinpunu hindu aanda daane muslim aanda daane ? .ajjere jankle badhkare budle...chaddi nuppu korpujji....
Its Great to hear from him Mr. Bhagavat about Hinduism why he reminded only about Muslims( may be upcoming UP Election) why not Dalit and Cristians why he spared them from Hinduism by the way if you study the deep root of Hinduism you will never find its a religion its a practice of all culture and morals of the land called Hindustan those who were living in the bank of Sindh and mohanjedaro in the earlier centuries used to calls Hindus people. Now RSS want to re write the history of Mughal kings are may be called Hindu emperors the easy example like Akbar the great.
In the first place this person and his RSS supported British rule in India then what the hell is he knows about Hindu culture.....afterwards his party man killed Mahathma Gandhi....terrible people......but he does not have any right to teach Muslims what to do and what not to do.....Muslims know how to respect one another's religion and tradition....He should mind his own business....
Mohan Bhagwat should be an Indian and respect all Indians first. He should denounce statements from various sanghis on patriotism of non-Hindus. Mohan Bhagwat should respect Indian constitution and urge all the hate mongers to respect it.
Poor old man does not know what & who is a HINDU. It is nowhere mentioned in the so called scriptures they believe. After all the name HINDU was given by MUSLIMS. Pack of Jokers!!!
People live in France are called French
People live in Briton are called British
People live in Indonesia are called Indonesians.
This Sanghi have no idea at all what we call ourself?
Those live in India are called as Indians
Those live in Bharath are called as Bharatiya
Those live in Hindustan are called as Hindustani
Not all Hindus. But, we have a majority population who are Hindus.
Do not forget that all mankind born as Muslim... (Adam A.S)
Take time to study about Islam....
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