Andhra Pradesh has been consistent in recording a higher number of Coronavirus or COVID-19 cases.
However, numbers of recoveries is also higher in the State.
According to sources, the Health department of Andhra Pradesh confirmed 8,096 new cases and 11,803 recoveries in the past 24 hours.
With this till the 18th of September, the overall tally to 6.09 lakh, while the overall recoveries mounted to 5.19 lakh.
With 1,405 more infections in East Godavari district continues to be the ground zero of the pandemic in the southern state.
Among other places, Chittoor accounted for 902 infections, followed by Prakasam 713, Guntur 513, Srikakulam 496, Vizianagaram 487, Nellore 468, and Ananthapuram 463, among others.
With the new additions, East Godavari’s tally rose to 83,852 as it outnumbered Prakasam in active cases.
Meanwhile, Covid fatalities in the last 24 hours declined below the daily average of 70 at 67 deaths. On adding the new deaths, AP’s Covid toll rose to 5,244, officials said.
Of the 6.09 lakh cases, active cases have declined to 84,423 from 88,197 on the 18th of September.
In addition, the recovery rate of COVID-19 is 85.30% and mortality rate is 0.90%.
Stay tuned for further updates.
