Kerala cases surge to 32.8k, 70% of India’s total numbers

Kerala reported more than 30,000 fresh cases of Covid-19 for the third day running, taking India’s daily count of infections on Friday to over 46,500, the highest in nearly two months. There were 46,762 fresh cases reported in the country on Friday, with Jharkhand's data yet to come till close to midnight. This was India's highest single-day case count since June 30, when 48,531 fresh infections were reported.