In the past 24 hours, India recorded 30,549 cases as per the Health Ministry. China’s Wuhan will test ‘all residents’ after first Covid-19 case in over a year. In the past few weeks, along with Kerala, 13 other states have recorded a steady rise in Covid-19 infections apart from Tamil Nadu which saw no change, although absolute numbers remained low at most places.
Data shows that Kerala, which is reporting the highest number of cases, is also the leader in testing rates among larger states with a seven-day average of 4,587 tests per million. The hill states of north India witnessed the maximum rise in fresh cases during the week ended Sunday (July 26-August 1) as compared with the previous seven days. Himachal Pradesh registered a surge of 64%, the highest in the country, with cases rising from 670 in the previous week to 1,100.
News Source : Financial Express
