No COVID deaths reported in A.P.
The Hindu
Highest single-day tally in the past two weeks at 162
The State reported no death due to COVID-19 in the 24 hours ending Wednesday morning. However, 162 new infections were reported during the same period. It was the highest single-day tally in the past two weeks. The cumulative tally increased to 20,76,849 and the toll remains at 14,492.
The daily test positivity rate of the 31,743 samples tested was 0.51%. The daily test positivity rate also crossed 0.5% for the first time in the past 16 days. The overall test positivity rate of the 3.126 crore samples tested was 6.64%. The number of active cases came down to 1,049 with 186 patients recovering in the past day. The recovery rate and the number of recoveries stand at 99.25% and 20,61,308.
With the clock ticking down to the Lok Sabha election counting day on Tuesday, opposing fronts are perceptibly edgy and poised to continue the rancorous skirmishing that marked the campaign season in Kerala. The United Democratic Front, led by the Congress, is seemingly basking in the “interim victory” granted by various exit polls. The UDF discerns that its poll strategy of turning the polls foremostly into a damning referendum on the Left Democratic Front government’s perceived failures rather than BJP’s “divisive politics” at the national level stood a fighting chance of paying off.