Andhra Pradesh reported 53 deaths from COVID-19 and 4,169 new infections in the 24 hours to Tuesday morning. The daily count increased as the number of samples tested also increased compared to the previous day.
The daily positivity rate of the 74,454 samples tested from the previous day was 5.60% and the overall positivity rate of the 2.12 crore samples tested remains at 8.73%. The cumulative number rose to 18,57,352 and the toll reached 12,416.
The death rate remains at 0.67%, while the recovery rate of 17,91,056 recoveries so far has increased slightly to 96.43%. Last day, 8,376 patients recovered and 53,880 cases are active.
New deaths and cases
All districts reported new single-digit deaths and Chittoor reported the highest number at 7. East Godavari and Prakasam followed, each reporting six deaths. Krishna and Srikakulam each reported five deaths, while Anantapur, Kadapa and Nellore reported four deaths each. Visakhapatnam and West Godavari reported three new deaths and Guntur, Kurnool and Vizianagaram reported two new deaths each.
East Godavari reported 743 new infections, along with West Godavari with 695 infections. This was followed by Chittoor (472), Krishna (368), Prakasam (357), Guntur (273), Anantapur (264), Visakhapatnam (251), Nellore (236), Srikakulam (180), Kadapa (160), Kurnool (126 ) and Vizianagaram (80).
The district numbers are as follows: East Godavari (2.56.429), Chittoor (2.15.191), Guntur (1.60.093), West Godavari (1.57.546), Anantapur (1.52.425), Visakhapatnam (1.47.266), Nellore (1.25.596), Kurnool (1.21.107), Prakasam (1.18.603), Srikakulam (1.17.131), Kadapa (1.04.604), Krishna (99.065) and Vizianagaram (79.401).