
Coronavirus | Clusters cause big jump in active cases
The Hindu
A.P. case load up five times since March 8
Andhra Pradesh reported 1,005 new COVID-19 cases and two deaths on Sunday, the highest single-day tally in the past four months. Karnataka added 3,082 cases, Kerala 2,216 and as of Saturday, Telangana recorded 535 cases. The test positivity rate (TPR) in Kerala shot up to 4.69% and the State added 12 deaths to the toll. Three more patients died in Telangana. The total number of cases from the engineering campus of Andhra University was 102 on Sunday, Health Department officials said. Of 102 cases, 96 were boys, five faculty and one was from the girls hostel. Four medical teams including doctors, nurses and staff at the varsity were monitoring the students.More Related News

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