State sees 3,309 new infections, highest since October
The Hindu
12 COVID deaths reported in the past day, daily positivity rate crosses 10%
The State reported 12 new deaths due to COVID-19 and 3,309 new infections in the 24 hours ending Saturday morning. The single-day infection tally was the highest since October 24 and the toll was the highest since December 6 last year. The positivity rate of the samples tested everyday was increasing at an alarming rate while the number of samples tested remains around 31,000. The positivity rate of the 31,929 samples tested in the past day was 10.36%, the highest since October 16. In the past two weeks, 5.4 samples out of every 100 tested turned positive as the State saw 24,096 new infections against 4.3 lakh samples tested. So far, 1.539 crore samples were tested and the positivity rate was at 5.99%.More Related News