Kerala reported more than 30,000 fresh cases of Covid-19 for the third day running, taking India’s daily count of infections on Friday to over 46,500, the highest in nearly two months.
There were 46,762 fresh cases reported in the country on Friday, with Jharkhand's data yet to come till close to midnight. This was India's highest single-day case count since June 30, when 48,531 fresh infections were reported.
Nearly 70% of Friday’s cases come from Kerala, where the tally zoomed to a 105-day high of 32,801.
Kerala last recorded a higher number of daily cases on 14 May, three-and-a-half months ago. A bigger cause for concern was the rising test positivity rate in the state. Kerala recorded a TPR of 19.2% on Friday, up from just over 18% on the previous day.
India reported 512 deaths on Friday, with Kerala reporting 179 fatalities,
Maharashtra 170 and Odisha 69.