29% dip in COVID infections in the past fortnight
The Hindu
Testing came down by 15% during the same period
The State reported 19 deaths due to COVID and 1,321 new infections in the 24 hours ending Saturday morning. It was the highest single-day toll in the past fortnight. The cumulative tally and toll increased to 20,10,566 and 13,807 respectively. The death rate and recovery rate remains at 0.69% and 98.57% respectively. The number of recoveries increased to 19,81,906 with 1,499 recoveries last day leaving 14,853 active cases in the State. Meanwhile, the State witnessed a 29.3% fall in infections and 30.7% dip in deaths in the last fortnight compared to the preceding fortnight. Between August 1 and August 14, 26,016 infections and 254 deaths were reported. However, between August 15 and August 28, only 18,375 infections and 176 deaths were reported.
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