coronavirus infection has surged to 4,58,186 to date, the data showed. Of the 12,830 new coronavirus cases and 446 death, Kerala accounted for 7,427 cases and 62 deaths.
Kerala is the worst-hit state from Covid-19 in the country, followed by Maharashtra. The state reported 1,130 new coronavirus infections and 26 deaths, taking its caseload to 66,09,906 and death toll to 1,40,196.
As many as 1,67,064 people are in-home quarantine and another 897 in institutional quarantine in the state. The daily positivity rate of the country has continued to remain below 2% for last 27 days.
Whereas, the weekly positivity rate stands at 1.18%--less than 2% for the last 37 days. Over 11 lakh samples were tested for Covid-19 on October 30 taking the total