82 fresh COVID-19 cases reported in AP, tally touches 1,259
For the fourth consecutive day, no Covid-19-relateddeaths were reported in the state as the toll remained at 31,a government bulletin said.
The total number of patients cured and discharged fromhospitals increased to 258 as 23 were sent home in the last 24hours ending 9 am on Tuesday. Kurnool, the worst-affected district in AP recorded 40fresh cases, taking the overall count to 332.
Guntur and Krishna- the second and third in the orderregistered 17 and 13 new cases to aggregate 254 and 223respectively.
In Kurnool, 12 coronavirus patients were discharged and10 in Guntur on Tuesday, the bulletin said.
The state now has 970 active CoViD-19 cases.
The bulletin said 5,783 samples were tested in the last24 hours, taking the aggregate so far to 80,334.
Of the total, 79,075 turned negative in the tests.
With over 1,400 tests per million population, the stategovernment claimed that it has topped the country inconducting the CoViD-19 screening.
The Health department officials attribute the spurt innumber of cases to the increased testing. DBVROH ROH