Andhra Pradesh fourth state to clock 1 lakh Covid-19 cases as 49 more die

VISAKHAPATNAM: Andhra Pradesh crossed the one lakh Covid-19 cases milestone with 6,051 more people testing positive for the novel coronavirus on Monday, even as the state reported 49 more deaths. The cumulative caseload now stands at 1,02,349, while the Covid-19 toll rose to 1,090.


However, this is the lowest daily case total in the last five days as Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu crossed one lakh cases long ago, while Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh reached the dubious milestone on Monday.

Andhra Pradesh breached the 10,000 case mark on June 24, nearly 100 days after the state reported its first case on March 12. But it took only 33 days to record the next 90,000 cases to touch the one lakh milestone.

EG remains AP’s top Covid hotspot

Of the 49 deaths reported on Monday, nine are from West Godavari, eight from Visakhapatnam , seven each from Chittoor and East Godavari, five from Krishna, four from Vizianagaram, three from Anantapur, two each from Kurnool and Srikakulam, and one each from Kadapa and Prakasam districts.

About 3,250 Covid-19 patients recovered from the pandemic on Monday. There are currently 51,701 active cases with 49,558 recoveries and 1,090 deaths, reflecting a recovery rate of 48.4%. The overall mortality rate stood at 1.06%.

East Godavari reported 1,210 new cases on Monday, followed by Guntur 744, Kurnool 664, Visakhapatnam 655, and Anantapur 524. Guntur and Anantapur districts crossed the 10,000 case mark.

East Godavari continued to remain as the top Covid-19 hotspot in the state with 14,696 cases, followed by Kurnool 12,234.

The case positivity rate of the state increased to 6.07%. The state so far tested 16.86 lakh samples, including the 43,127 tests conducted between 9 am on Sunday and 9 am on Monday.

Meanwhile, the state government capped the cost of rapid antigen test for private laboratories at Rs 750.