VISAKHAPATNAM: Andhra Pradesh reported 429 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, taking the cumulative caseload to 20,53,192.
This is the lowest one-day case total in 195 days after the state recorded 492 infections on March 23. The cumulative toll increased to 14,208 as four more patients succumbed to the pandemic.
As many as 1,029 patients were declared cured on Monday. The active caseload dropped below the 10,000-mark to 9,753 with 20,29,231 cumulative recoveries. Kurnool currently has 17 active cases, the lowest among all districts. This is the first time the state has had less than 10,000 active cases in over 160 days since April 21.
For the first time in months, no district recorded more than 100 daily new cases. East Godavari reported 89 new infections on Monday, followed by Nellore (85), Chittoor (72), Prakasam (43), Guntur (40), Krishna (39) and Visakhapatnam (34). Daily cases were less than 10 each in six districts.
Andhra Pradesh conducted 30,515 Covid-19 tests on Monday and detected 429 cases. This translates to a positivity rate of 1.4%. The state has so far administered 4.26 crore vaccine doses.
