Kerala today reported a rise in coronavirus cases as 45,449 new infections recorded in the past 24 hours, the health department data showed.
With this, the daily tally remained over 45,000 for the second day in a row, while the total tally rose to 56,20,151. The state has been hit hard by the third Covid wave, prompting the authorities to implement stricter Covid restrictions.
Kerala’s active Covid cases stand at 2,64,638, while the state recorded 38 deaths and 27,961 recoveries today, the data showed.
On Saturday, Kerala had reported as many as 45,136 new cases. On Thursday, Kerala had logged 46,387 new Covid cases, the highest single-day spike since the outbreak of the pandemic in 2020.