Kochi: Kerala records 32,803 new Covid cases on Wednesday – a single highest increase in the number of cases after 99 days.
As many as 1,74,854 samples were tested for the past 24 hours.
The positivity test (TPR) test continues above 15% for the sixteenth day at 18.76%.
A total of 173 deaths reported in the last 24 hours took the total amount of death to the country to 20,961.
While 21,610 people recovered from infection, the number of active patients in the state had reached 2,29,912.
Two districts and Ernakulamwere are most affected and have reported more than 4,000 cases.
Giving districts-wise, officials said Thrissur reported 4,425 cases, Ernakulamp 4,351, Kozhikode 3,099, Kollam 2,663, Thirukkad and Kasaragod 614.
With Kerala contributed nearly 72% of new cases in India, demand from the center to bring “strict locking” and detention in the country This grows.
The state has imposed restrictions based on the population ratio of weekly infection (WIPR).
WIPR is above 7% in 296 wards in local bodies throughout the state and from this, 81 wards are in the temporary urban area 215 is in rural areas.
Health officials said tight curbs were being applied in this neighborhood.
Among new cases, as many as 31,380 people were infected through local transmission while 154 people came from outside the country.
The source of infection is not known by 1,161 people.
At present 5.24,380 is under house or institutional quarantine and 32,705 are under the supervision of the hospital.
Although most health workers have been vaccinated, the number of health workers who capture infection grew by 108 positive testing on Wednesday.