The state again on Wednesday witnessed a rise in the COVID-19 infection and test positivity rate. In the 24 hours ended Wednesday morning, 434 infections were reported, the highest in a single day in the past 68 days. The positivity rate of 32,785 samples tested on the previous day stood at 1.32%. No death has been reported in the state in the last one day.
The number of active cases also increased to 1,848 with only 102 recoveries in the past days. The number of active cases increased by eight hundred in the last week, from 1,081 on December 30.
The cumulative tally rose to 20,78,376, while the death toll stood at 14,499. The number of people who have been cured and the rate of recovery is 20,62,029. and 99.21% respectively.
Chittoor, Visakhapatnam and Krishna again reported nearly half the state’s infections on the previous day. Chittoor reported 68 infections, while Visakhapatnam and Krishna reported 63 and 61 cases respectively.
They are followed by Guntur (45), Vizianagaram (39), East Godavari (34), Nellore (30), West Godavari (30), Anantapur (27), Cuddapah (13), Srikakulam (9), Kurnool (8). and Prakasam (7). Visakhapatnam, Chittoor and Krishna together have more than half the active cases.
The elevation of the district is as follows: East Godavari (2,95,201), Chittoor (2,48,987), West Godavari (1,80,150), Guntur (1,79,462), Visakhapatnam (1,59,176), Anantapur (1,58,354) , Nellore (1,47,193), Prakasam (1,38,824), Kurnool (1,24,264), Srikakulam (1,23,762), Krishna (1,20,913), Cuddapah (1,16,023) and Vizianagaram (83,172).
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