In line with the rapid increase in the incidence of infections across the country, the state reported 20 deaths from COVID-19 and 6,096 new infections in the 24 hours through Friday morning. The daily number increased by 1,000 infections in one day, as 5,086 cases were reported on Thursday.
It was the highest six and a half month one-day number since October 4th, and the daily death toll was the highest since October 25th. In the past week, the state reported 29,634 infections and 94 deaths.
The cumulative number of infections approached the 9.5 lakh mark and reached 9,48,231. The death toll reached 7,373.
The number of active cases rose to 35,592 and the recovery rate dropped to 95.47% as 2,194 patients recovered the previous day. The number of recoveries is 9,05,266.
Positivity rate
Meanwhile, the daily positivity rate has increased alarmingly. The positivity rate of the 35,962 samples tested the previous day was 16.95%, the highest since September 5. The overall positivity rate of 1.56 crore samples increased to 6.08%.
Chittoor, who was the top COVID hotspot in the second wave, reported 1,024 infections and five deaths last day. Krishna with the highest mortality rate reported three more deaths, while Kurnool, Prakasam, Visakhapatnam, Nellore, Anantapur, and Kadapa reported two deaths each.
East Godavari and Guntur were next to Chittoor when they reported 750 and 735 new infections, respectively. They were followed by Kurnool (550), Srikakulam (54), Prakasam (491), Visakhapatnam (489), Nellore (354), Anantapur (313), Vizianagaram (299), Krishna (246), Kadapa (243) and West Godavari ( 68).
Srikakulam’s cumulative number exceeded 50,000, leaving Vizianagaram the only district with fewer than 50,000 infections.
The district numbers are as follows: East Godavari (1.28,306), Chittoor (98,032), West Godavari (94,961), Guntur (84,863), Anantapur (70,728), Visakhapatnam (66,914), Nellore (66,379), Prakasam (65,083) Kurnool (64,889), Kadapa (57,910), Krishna (54,173), Srikakulam (50,214) and Vizianagaram (42,884).