Telangana reported its highest single-day number of 730 new cases, Karnataka saw 453 new cases and five deaths and Andhra Pradesh reported 477 cases and five deaths. Kerala’s COVID-19 case graph also appeared to be climbing steadily, with over one hundred cases reported for the third consecutive day on Sunday. Deaths in Krishna distAndhra Pradesh reported five more deaths and 477 fresh cases, as a record daily testing of 24,451 samples was done. After the government ramped up testing, number of cases has surged in Telangana with 730 more cases taking the total to 7,802. Of the total 7,802 cases, 3,861 are active cases 3,731 were discharged and 210 died.

Source: The Hindu June 21, 2020 17:46 UTC