India's weekly cases rise as Kerala Covid count up 50%

Fresh cases of Covid-19 surged by more than 50% in Kerala in the week following the Onam festival, leading to a marginal increase in India's case count in the week ending Sunday, breaking a trend of declining cases that had held for the previous seven weeks.

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Kerala reported 14,865 new cases of the virus during the week (September 1218), up from 9,805 in the previous seven days. The state accounted for close to 39% of all cases detected in the country in the week. India is likely to log around 38,500 cases in the week, a rise of roughly 2% from the previous week's tally of 37,670.

Kerala had seen Covid cases shoot up in the post Onam period in the previous two years of the pandemic as well. Prior to the current week, overall Covid cases in the country had been steadily declining since the last week of July.