Five new coronavirus cases reported in AP, tally rises to 386

Amaravati, Apr 11 (): Five new cases ofcoronavirus were reported in Kurnool district of AndhraPradesh on Saturday, taking the overall tally in the state to386.

Kurnool Collector G Veerapandian tweeted about therise in cases in his district from 77 to 82 by 8 am onSaturday but the Health Department's COVID-19 dashboard stillmaintained the number 77 at noon.

The five new patients in Kurnool district were familymembers of the Tablighi Jamaat attendees.

Kurnool tops the state with 82 cases, followed byGuntur with 58.

As per the COVID-19 Dashboard, there were no additionsto the number of cases on Saturday as all the 584 samplestested in 14 hours from 7 pm on Friday night turned negative.

It said till date a total of 6,958 blood samples weretested, of which 6,577 turned negative.

As such, the number of positive cases stood at 381till 9 am on Saturday, it showed.

With six dead and 10 cured, the number of activecoronavirus cases in the state was 365, according to thedashboard.

But, with five new cases in Kurnool, the number ofactive cases goes up to 370.

The State COVID-19 Command Control Centre did notissue the daily morning bulletin on Saturday. DBV SS