AP sees a biggest spurt in COVID 19 cases

The fifth phase of the coronavirus-induced lockdown begins from today, even as India continues to witness a dramatic rise in the number of Covid-19 cases.

Coronavirus cases saw a biggest spurt in a single day so far in Andhra Pradesh as 110 were added, taking the overall tally to 3,571 while two more deaths were reported, taking the toll to 62 on Sunday.

As many as 43 residents of the state and eight from other states recovered and got discharged from hospitals

The gross number of active cases stood at 1,177 (845 AP residents, 111 foreign returnees and 221 other states).

Among all states, Maharashtra has the highest number of Covid-19 cases, at 67,655, followed by Tamil Nadu (22,333), Delhi (19,844).