VISAKHAPATNAM: Andhra Pradesh reported a massive spike in Covid-19 cases as the state accumulated 6,996 new infections on Tuesday, taking the cumulative caseload to 21,17,384.
This is the highest one-day case total in over seven months. The daily case positivity further increased to 18.4% as these new cases were detected in tests conducted on 38,055 people. This is again the highest daily case positivity rate in nearly 230 days.
The toll increased to 14,514 as four more patients succumbed to the pandemic. Two patients died in Visakhapatnam, and one each in Chittoor and Nellore.
Chittoor reported 1,534 new infections on Tuesday, followed by Visakhapatnam (1,263), Guntur (758) and Srikakulam (573). No district recorded less than 200 new cases. The active caseload increased to 36,108. Chittoor has 8,332 active cases, followed by Visakhapatnam (7,508). These two districts account for nearly 44% of the total active cases in the state. West Godavari (476) is the only district to have less than 1,000 active cases in the state.
Andhra Pradesh has so far administered 7.6 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses. About 3.2 lakh people have so far received the precautionary dose. First dose has been given to about 21.8 lakh people in the 15-18 age group out of the targeted 24.4 lakh teenagers.
Visakhapatnam: Andhra Pradesh reported a massive spike in Covid-19 cases as the state accumulated 6,996 new infections on Tuesday, taking the cumulative caseload to 21,17,384. This is the highest one-day case total in over seven months. The daily case positivity further increased to 18.4% as these new cases were detected in tests conducted on 38,055 people. This is again the highest daily case positivity rate in nearly 230 days.
The toll increased to 14,514 as four more patients succumbed to the pandemic. Two patients died in Visakhapatnam, and one each in Chittoor and Nellore.
Chittoor reported 1,534 new infections on Tuesday, followed by Visakhapatnam (1,263), Guntur (758) and Srikakulam (573). No district recorded less than 200 new cases. The active caseload increased to 36,108. Chittoor has 8,332 active cases, followed by Visakhapatnam (7,508). These two districts account for nearly 44% of the total active cases in the state. West Godavari (476) is the only district to have less than 1,000 active cases in the state.
Andhra Pradesh has so far administered 7.6 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses. About 3.2 lakh people have so far received the precautionary dose. First dose has been given to about 21.8 lakh people in the 15-18 age group out of the targeted 24.4 lakh teenagers.
