Giving the figures for the last 24 hours ended at 9 am onFriday, the Health Department said 15 patients had recoveredand been discharged from hospitals in Anantapuramu and Kadapadistricts.
The department authorities said the spurt in the numberof positive cases was because of the increased number of teststhey were carrying out.
Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has last weekasserted that the overall COVID-19 situation was now undercontrol in the state.
According to the COVID-19 official dashboard, a totalnumber of 20,235 blood samples were tested in the state sofar, of which 19,663 turned negative. The state government has now reduced the daily COVID-19bulletin from two to one. In all, 35 Corona patients in the state had recovered andbeen discharged from hospitals till date. In Kadapa district alone, 13 patients all TablighiJamaat event attendees and their contacts were discharged onThursday and sent home.
In neighbouring Anantapuramu district, the first patientwho tested positive for COVID-19 upon returning from Mecca,and her contact, a 10-year-old boy, were both dischargedfollowing recovery.
Kurnool district, the hotbed of COVID-19, climbed back tothe top spot in the state, adding 13 new cases and reaching atotal of 126 in the last 24 hours.
Guntur district shared the top position with 126 cases,including four registered since Thursday morning, followed bySPS Nellore with 64 cases and Krishna with 52.
After the discharge of 35 patients and death of 14, thetotal number of active Covid-19 cases in AP now stood at 523. DBVVS VS