67 new coronavirus cases reported in AP; number rises to 1,650 in state

Amaravati, May 4 (): Kurnool district Collector GVeerapandian went into a self-imposed isolation after theprevious municipal commissioner of the city tested positivefor COVID-19, official sources said, even as 25 fresh cases ofthe virus were reported in the district on Monday, out of the67 additions in Andhra Pradesh.

The Collector, however, tested negative for the virus,the sources said.

Kurnool is the hotbed of coronavirus in AP with thehighest number of 491 cases and 10 deaths so far.

Also, 86 patients had recovered.

The Andhra Pradesh government set yet another recordby conducting as many as 10,292 coronavirus tests in the last24 hours ending 9 a.m on Monday even as the COVID-19 casesreached 1,650.

For the third consecutive day, no coronavirus deathswere reported in the state while 36 patients were dischargedfrom hospitals, according to the latest bulletin.

The toll in the state stood at 33 and the number ofdischarged at 524, leaving 1,093 active coronavirus cases.

The other hotspots, Guntur and Krishna districts, alsoreported 19 and 12 fresh cases, taking their aggregate to 338and 278 respectively.

Visakhapatnam reported six fresh cases and Kadapa fourwhile Chittoor added one to its count.

In all, 1,25,229 tests were conducted in the statetill date of which 1,23,579 turned negative for coronavirus. DBV