India reports 43,509 new Covid-19 cases, 634 deaths in 24 hours

xizhimen · Jul 29, 2021

India reports 43,509 new Covid-19 cases, 634 deaths in 24 hours

Kerala recorded more than 22,000 cases for the second consecutive day.

By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi |
Updated: July 29, 2021 9:41:56 am

India recorded 43,509 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 634 deaths in the past 24 hours. Kerala recorded more than 22,000 cases for the second consecutive day.

The active cases in the country rise again and are now above the 4 lakh-mark. In Kerala, there are 1.5 lakh active cases.

Meanwhile, a state-level serosurvey data released by the Government show that only 44 per cent of Kerala’s population above the age of six years had so far been infected by the coronavirus, against the national average of over 67 per cent. This, in effect, means that a much larger proportion of the population in the state is still susceptible to the disease compared to many other states. Also, the number could, at least partially, explain why Kerala is continuing to report a high number of cases.

For the last two days, Kerala has reported over 22,000 infections, over 50 per cent of the national count. The state has been reporting the maximum number of cases in the country for several weeks now.

Maharashtra, the state with the highest case count in the country, also has a relatively low disease prevalence. The data shows that about 58 per cent of Maharashtra’s population has so far been infected. This could mean that even Maharashtra had done an above-average job at detecting and reporting the infections.