00:00<\/b> Coronavirus News: Kerala's COVID-19 Tally Racing Towards 1.5 Lakh<\/font>
The COVID-19 tally in Kerala is racing towards the 1.50 lakh-mark as 4,125 cases were added today, as Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan blamed violent protests by the Opposition Congress-led UDF and BJP outfits for having contributed to the spread of the virus, reported news agency ANI. The death count climbed to 572 with 19 more deaths. Presently, 40,382 people are under treatment, 3,463 were infected through contact and the source of infection of 412 people was not yet known, Mr Vijayan told reporters. As many as 1,01,731 people have so far recovered from the virus and the total infection count in the state has touched 1,42,756, he said. Of the positive cases today, 33 came from abroad and 122 from other states. In the last 24 hours, 38,574 samples were sent for testing.<\/div>","entype":"Text","h":"","img":"","imgalt":"","imgcaption":"","key":"False","link":"","s":38,"sub":"","t":"Sep 22, 2020-21:44:37","title":"The COVID-19 tally in Kerala is racing towards the 1.50 lakh-mark as 4,125 cases were added today, as Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan blamed violent protests by the Opposition Congress-led UDF and BJP outfits for having contributed to the spread of the virus, reported news agency ANI. The death count climbed to 572 with 19 more deaths. Presently, 40,382 people are under treatment, 3,463 were infected through contact and the source of infection of 412 people was not yet known, Mr Vijayan told reporters. As many as 1,01,731 people have so far recovered from the virus and the total infection count in the state has touched 1,42,756, he said. Of the positive cases today, 33 came from abroad and 122 from other states. In the last 24 hours, 38,574 samples were sent for testing.","type":"nfeed"});