Thiruvanathapuram: Kerala on Saturday recorded its highest single-day spike COVID-19 spike, with 11,755 fresh cases and 23 deaths.
Thiruvanathapuram: Kerala on Saturday recorded its highest single-day spike COVID-19 spike, with 11,755 fresh cases and 23 deaths.
With 116 health workers tested positive on Saturday, 23 deaths were confirmed on the day. Currently, 95,918 COVID-19 patients are under treatment in the state.
Of the new cases registered today, 10,471 contracted the virus through local transmission, while the source of infection is unknown for 952 cases.
In the last 24 hours, as many as 66,228 samples were tested, the increase in positivity rate has gone up in the state and stood at 17.74 per cent which has caused concern amid the state government which is planning to engage children's to create mass awareness.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in a daily briefing has requested more doctors, health workers and voluntary workers to join the COVID brigade. October and November would be crucial for the state, he added.
With 116 health workers tested positive on Saturday, 23 deaths were confirmed on the day. Currently, 95,918 COVID-19 patients are under treatment in the state.
Of the new cases registered today, 10,471 contracted the virus through local transmission, while the source of infection is unknown for 952 cases.
In the last 24 hours, as many as 66,228 samples were tested, the increase in positivity rate has gone up in the state and stood at 17.74 per cent which has caused concern amid the state government which is planning to engage children's to create mass awareness.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in a daily briefing has requested more doctors, health workers and voluntary workers to join the COVID brigade. October and November would be crucial for the state, he added.