AP reports 25 cases, lowest in a month; tally now 2,380

Vijayawada: Authorities in Andhra Pradesh heaved a sigh of relief after the state reported 25 Covid-19 cases on Sunday, lowest one-day figure since April 16. The death toll touched half-century mark with one more death in Krishna district, while the cumulative tally stood at 2,380 cases.

The state’s positive cases tally includes 150 Covid-19 cases of migrant workers, who returned to the state in the last few days.

Of the 25 new cases reported on Sunday, five cases have links to Chennai’s Koyambedu market. For the second day in a row, no district reported double-digit cases on Sunday, while there were no cases in six districts.

The relatively coronavirus-free Srikakulam contributed seven cases, followed by Chittoor and Guntur four each, Kurnool, Prakasam, and Visakhapatnam three each, and Nellore one. All seven confirmed cases in Srikakulam are the migrant fishermen, who recently arrived in the district from Chennai.

While five patients were admitted to district-level Covid-19 hospital in Srikakulam, two cases were referred to state-level Covid-19 hospital in Visakhapatnam. The cases are expected to further increase in Srikakulam in next one to two days due to increasing influx of migrants.

As many as 103 Covid-19 patients were declared cured and sent home till Sunday evening, taking the number of recoveries to 1433. The discharges in Kurnool district crossed the 400-mark.

There are 747 active cases with the discharge of 1,433 patients and the death of 50 Covid-19 patients. The state’s recovery rate further improved to 64%. The state tested 2.39 lakh samples as of Sunday morning. Of the 150 Covid-19 cases of migrants, 23 people recovered from the pandemic in Anantapur district.

The first batch of passengers who landed at Hyderabad airport on Saturday from Chicago were brought to AP in special buses on Sunday. The foreign returnees were shifted to quarantine facilities. Unlike many states, which are offering paid quarantine facility, AP is providing free quarantine facility.