Spike in hospitalisation, ICU occupancy
The Hindu
In a day of record testing, 23,676 test positive: TPR at 11.87%
The State’s COVID-19 case graph continues to be on an upward trend and on Tuesday, the graph seemed to climb higher, logging 23,676 new cases, when 1,99,456 samples – the highest number of tests done in a day so far – were tested over the past 24 hours. All of last week, State had registered over 20,000 new cases for six consecutive days. With the increase in tests, the test positivity rate on Tuesday seemed to dip to 11.87%. The State’s active case pool registered a significant jump on Tuesday and now has 1,73,221 patients, with 15,626 patients reported to have recovered on the day.More Related News
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