Here are the top updates from Thursday: The coronavirus transmission within households in Kerala has been rising, accounting for around ...
Here are the top updates from Thursday:
- The coronavirus transmission within households in Kerala has been rising, accounting for around 35% of the new cases, state Health Minister Veena George said, The Deccan Herald reported. “This is due to laxity in maintaining social distancing norms in homes,” she added. Kerala is currently reporting the most number of coronavirus cases in the country. In the last 24 hours, the state recorded 30,077 new cases, taking the cumulative tally since the pandemic began to 39,13,506.
- Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla directed Kerala and Maharashtra to intensify efforts to rein in the pandemic. He asked them to focus on contact tracing and vaccination. According to official data, Kerala is the only state in the country reporting over one lakh active infections. The Opposition Congress said the Pinarayi Vijayan government has failed in tackling the health crisis. “A serious intervention is needed from the state and Centre,” Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee Working President PT Thomas said. “People are in a panic.”
- India on Thursday morning recorded 46,164 new coronavirus cases, pushing the infection count in the country to 3,25,58,530 since the pandemic first broke out in January last year. The number of daily cases is 22.7% higher than Wednesday’s count of 37,593. With 607 deaths, the toll climbed...
