Coronavirus cases cross 800 mark in AP, 56 more test positive

Amaravati(AP), Apr 22 () COVID-19 cases crossed the800 milestone in Andhra Pradesh, reaching 813 as 56 new caseswere added in the state in the last 24 hours ending Wednesdaymorning.

The coronavirus toll also rose to 24 while as manypatients had recovered and been discharged from hospitals inthe last 24 hours, a latest CoViD-19 bulletin said.

It said 5,757 samples were tested during the period, ofwhich 5,701 turned negative.

Kurnool and Guntur districts continued to maintain aworrisome trend as they added 19 new cases each, aggregating203 and 177 respectively, the top two in the state.

Though the bulletin did not give any details about thenew patients, sources in the COVID-19 Command Control Centrehere said they were the secondary contacts of the TablighiJamaat attendees.

Guntur district also reported two more deaths in the last24 hours, taking its tally to eight, the highest in the state.

At the same time, eight coronavirus patients got curedand discharged from hospital in Guntur, five in Anantapuramu,four each in SPS Nellore and Kadapa, two in Krishna and one inVisakhapatnam.

The total number of patients discharged in the state nowincreased to 120.

AP now has 669 active coronavirus cases. DBV.ROH ROH