NEW DELHI: While the overall Covid situation remains stable in the country, there has been a steady increase in cases in Kerala. Incidentally, on Wednesday, the total caseload of the state also crossed 30 lakh, making it second state after Maharashtra to record these many cases since the beginning of the pandemic.
Kerala reported 15,600 cases on Wednesday. The state breached the 15,000 benchmark last on June 9 when it had reported 16,204 cases. Even the state’s death toll of 148 was the highest since June 24.
At the national level, 45,555 cases and 632 deaths were reported on Wednesday. The case count was the highest in the past six days. Among states which are reporting over a thousand daily cases, the count for Wednesday had increased for Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra and Odisha.
