East Godavari district in the state reported the highest number of cases, 1,669, followed by Chittoor at 1,232. Chittoor’s total COVID-19 case count now stand at 2,00,368, second to the number of cases in East Godavari which stands at 2,38,702.
The remaining 10 districts reported less than 800 new cases each, with Vizianagaram contributing the lowest 298 in a day. Anantapur recorded 995, Krishna 726, Visakhapatnam 700, West Godavari 611, Guntur 578, Kadapa 523, Prakasam 506, Nellore 396, Srikakulam 381 and Kurnool 361. Vizianagaram recorded the lowest of 298 cases.
Chittoor had 12 fresh COVID-19 fatalities, West Godavari – nine, Anantapuramu, Guntur, Srikakulam and Vizianagaram – eight each, Prakasam – seven, East Godavari, Kurnool and SPS Nellore – six each, Visakhapatnam and Krishna – five each and Kadapa – two in 24 hours.
As per the bulletin, among the total number of 17,58,339 positive cases, 16,23,447 have recovered. At present the state has 1,23,426 active cases. The death…