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At 134 cases, Andhra Pradesh records highest one-day surge

VISAKHAPATNAM: Andhra Pradesh reported 134 coronavirus cases on Wednesday, the highest single-day surge in either of the two Telugu states since the outbreak even as the death toll rose to 58 with one more death.


The overall caseload rose to 3,117, including 219 patients from other states and 111 foreign returnees.



Even a week after the death of a man, suspected to be a super spreader in East Godavari, cases having links to him continued to emerge as five more tested positive for the disease on Wednesday. Of the 101 cases reported in East Godavari in the last one week, nearly 80 cases are believed to have contracted the virus from the 53-year-old person who died on May 20.

District medical and health officer Dr Satya Suseela said they have been implementing strict containment measures in the affected mandals.

“Nearly 5,000 people in these mandals were tested for Covid-19,” said Dr Suseela. As many as 11 Covid-19 patients in the district were so far allowed to avail home isolation facilities.

Andhra Pradesh currently has 1,002 active cases with the discharge of 2,057 people and the death of 58 Covid-19 confirmed cases. This translates to a recovery rate of 66%, faring better than the national average of 42%.

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