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Zika virus in Kerala has further accelerated by bringing the number of infections to 48 in the State, Health Minister Veena George said on Sunday as 2 more person tested positive for the infection. Of the 48 people with the disease, a total of four are active patients, added George. New cases have been found against a 27-year-old man from Kazhakoottam, and a 37-year-old man from Pangappara - both in the capital Thiruvananthapuram, the government said.
The presence of the virus in their samples was detected after tests performed at a virology laboratory at Thiruvananthapuram Medical College. In addition, none of the infected patients in the province were admitted to the hospital and we are all stable again, the release said.
Kerala on Saturday reported two new cases of Zika virus, followed by a combined number of 46. In a statement, the state government said that as of July 24, there were five active cases in Kerala, according to prominent reports.
To combat the growing number of cases of Zika virus in Kerala amid the ongoing coronavirus epidemic, the health minister had earlier ordered the tightening of operations such as mosquito nets, in the affected areas. He said the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Company and regional management would "deal with it for the next seven days," reported. Notably, the first case of Zika virus was confirmed in Kerala on July 9.
Thus, the state has recorded 17,466 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the number of cases available to date to 3,271,530, according to a national government report. A total of 66 young people were reported dead, following which the death toll now stands at 16,035. A total of 15,247 new diagnoses took the total number of patients diagnosed to 3,114,716. The current state of active caseload is 140,276, a government report showed.
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