Mumbai: Kerala reported 42,464 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the largest single-day count ever, taking the tally to 17,86,396, while 63 more patients succumbed to the infection, taking the toll to 5,628, the state government said.
It said that 27,152 patients were cured of the infection, taking the number to be cured to 13.89 lakh.
There are currently 3,90,906 active cases. The test positivity rate (TPR) was 27.28.
Ernakulam district remained at the top with 6,506 new cases after Kozhikode (5,700), Malappuram (4,405), Thiruvananthapuram (3,969), Thrissur (3,587), and Kottayam (2,6565).
A total of 124 people, who had come from abroad, tested positive recently and of them, a genetically mutant virus was found in 11, the government said.
Reports of 114 have now come out negative, it added.
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