75 new COVID-19 cases reported in AP; number rises to 722 in state
Amaravati, Apr 20 (): Registering the highest perday spike so far, as many as 75 new coronavirus cases wereadded in Andhra Pradesh, taking the total past the 700 mark to722 on Monday.
With three deaths reported, the toll mounted to 20.
Also, 27 patients got cured and discharged fromhospitals, increasing their number to 92, according to thelatest Covid-19 bulletin.
A woman sub-inspector of police and seven otherfrontline government staff of different departments contractedthe virus in temple town Srikalahasthi of Chittoor district,official sources said.
Health Department authorities confirmed that communitytransmission of the virus has set in as over 40 such caseswere detected in different districts so far.
In Anantapuramu district, an assistant sub-inspectorof police succumbed to coronavirus.
Chittoor district witnessed a sudden spurt in COVID-19cases, registering 25 in a single day and taking the total to53.
The Srikalahasthi cases only sent the entire districtadministration into a tizzy as it turned out to be a case of"one source infecting many people".
Guntur district, a major hotspot, added 20 new casesto its list to touch 149 overall.
Kurnool district continued to be the hotbed in thestate, topping with 174 cases.
Apart from 16 new cases in the last 24 hours ending 9am, one more death was reported from the district, taking thecount to five.
Krishna district too recorded one more death and nowtops the state in toll, with a total of six.
The COVID-19 bulletin said 3,775 samples were testedin the last 24 hours of which 75 turned positive and theremaining negative.
The cumulative number of tests in the state crossed30,733 till date, of which 30,011 were negative, according tothe COVID-19 dashboard. DBV SS