With the ever-increasing daily cases, the health department has lined up about 50 new hospitals in the last one week for designated Covid-19 services in the districts.
The Covid-19 situation in Andhra Pradesh continued to be worrisome as the state added 3,495 new infections on Sunday.
These new cases have been detected out of 31,719 people screened for the pandemic. This translates to a case positivity rate of 11%, equating to the September 2020 transmission levels. The toll increased to 7,300 as nine more patients succumbed to the pandemic. The deceased are from Chittoor, Nellore, Kurnool, Prakasam and Srikakulam.
Chittoor reported 719 new cases, followed by Guntur (501) and Visakhapatnam (405). West Godavari (40) and East Godavari (41) are the only two districts to post double-digit case numbers.
As many as 1,198 patients were declared cured on Sunday. The active case load zoomed past the 20,000 mark to reach 20,954. Chittoor (3,917 active cases), Guntur (2,821), Visakhapatnam (2,585) and Krishna (2,397) accounted for nearly 56% of the total cases. West Godavari has only 245 active cases, the lowest among all the districts.
With the ever increasing daily cases, the health department has lined up about 50 new hospitals in the last one week for designated Covid-19 services in the districts.
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