Some mandals in East Godavari and Prakasam districts were among the top 20 in the State with the highest positivity rate of COVID-19 sample tests.
According to the information posted by COVID command centre officer Ch. Chinnarao on Twitter, Sakhinetipalle Rural mandal in East Godavari reported 57.14% positivity rate in the past day while Pamur Rural and Chirala Rural mandals in Prakasam district reported 27.94% and 22.64% positivity rate respectively. I. Polavaram in East Godavari and Chimakurthi in Prakasam reported around 19% positivity rate. A few mandals in West Godavari, Chittoor, Guntur and Kadapa districts also have more than 12% positivity rate.
Among urban areas, Sullurpet in Nellore has 13.04% positivity rate. The urban local bodies in Prakasam, West Godavari, Guntur, East Godavari, Chittoor, Prakasam, Vizianagaram and Kadapa have 4% to 10% positivity rate in the past day.
Meanwhile, 4,291 persons were getting treated for COVID-19 in 261 hospitals across the State and 611 persons were admitted in the past day.
