62 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in AP, tally rises to 1,525
In the last 24 hours, 38 patients got cured anddischarged from hospitals in the state, taking the total to441.
The latest Covid-19 bulletin said the toll remained thesame at 33.
Kurnool, the major Covid-19 hotbed in AP, recorded 25fresh cases in the last 24 hours ending 9 am on Saturday.
The district now has a total 436 cases, with 360 activefollowing the discharge of 66 and death of 10 coronaviruspatients.
Krishna district, the other major hotspot, reported 12new cases, taking the total to 258 while two cases were addedin neighbouring Guntur, with a total of 308.
Interestingly, Guntur topped the state in patientdischarges with 97, while it had eight casualties along withKrishna.
Half of the 38 patients discharged in the last 24 hourswere from Guntur, seven each from Krishna and West Godavari,two each from Anantapuramu and Chittoor and one from SPSNellore.
That has left a total of 1,051 active cases in the statenow.
The bulletin said 5,943 samples were tested in the last24 hours, taking the aggregate to 1,08,403.
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