Andhra Pradesh's daily COVID-19 tally continues to rise, 118 cases added

The upward spiral of coronavirus cases continued as Andhra Pradesh added 118 anew in 24 hours ending 9 am on Tuesday, pushing the gross up to 8.90 lakh.

The latest bulletin said 89 patients had recovered from the infection while none died in the state in a day.

The active cases went up to 1,038 after 8,82,670 total recoveries and 7,176 deaths so far.


After 1.43 crore tests, the overall infection positivity rate stood at 1.23 per cent.

Chittoor district reported 38 more coronavirus cases, Krishna 21, Visakhapatnam 15, Guntur 12 and East Godavari 11.

The remaining eight districts added less than five each.

The active caseload in Chittoor increased to 322 while that in Krishna rose to 128.

Vizianagaram has only seven active cases, the least in the state.