VISAKHAPATNAM: Andhra Pradesh reported a new daily high in Covid-19 cases as the state accumulated 14,502 infections on Monday, taking the cumulative caseload to 21,95,136.
The new cases were detected from tests conducted on 40,266 people, which translates to a scary 36 per cent case positivity rate. This is the highest-ever daily positivity rate recorded in the state since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020.
The toll increased to 14,549 as seven more patients succumbed to the pandemic. Two patients died of the disease in West Godavari and one each in Guntur, Kurnool, Nellore, Srikakulam and Visakhapatnam. The highest 1,728 new infections were reported from Visakhapatnam district, followed by Anantapur (1,610), Prakasam (1,597), Kurnool (1,551), Kadapa (1,492) and Nellore (1,198). No district recorded less than 400 cases.
The active caseload has shot up to 93,305. Visakhapatnam has 16,424 active cases, followed by Chittoor (10,728), Nellore (7,904), Guntur (7,885), Anantapur (7,554), Prakasam (7,504) and East Godavari (7,094).
Of the 93,305 active cases, about 2,600 patients have been admitted to various hospitals. As many as 720 hospitals are currently being utilised for Covid-19 services with a combined bed capacity of about 52,000.
Vizianagaram district has only 10 patients being treated in the hospitals.
