Kerala reports 3,297 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday
The Hindu
The active case pool in Kerala has shrunk to 31,901 patients, of whom 8.2% are currently admitted to hospitals or field hospitals
The State reported 3,297 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday when 52,570 samples were tested in the past 24 hours. The State’s cumulative COVID-19 burden, ever since the pandemic began, now stands at 52,14,594 cases.
The active case pool in the State has now shrunk to 31,901 patients, of whom 8.2% are currently admitted to hospitals or field hospitals such as COVID-19 first line/second line treatment centres. A total of 3,609 persons were reported to have recovered from the disease on Saturday.
Around 440 MBBS graduates of 2021 are not required to undergo one year of compulsory rural service as per the bond signed by them while joining the medical course through government-quota seats in 2015 as the High Court of Karnataka has said the law, enacted in 2012 for mandatory rural service, remained unenforced for 10 years as it was published in the official gazette only in July 2022.