Krishna district’s balance sheet is one lakh; all districts report fewer than 1,000 cases
The state reported 38 deaths from COVID-19 and 4,458 new infections in the 24 hours through Friday morning. The toll passed the 12,500 mark and hit 12,528 while the cumulative number rose by 18,71,475.
The number of recoveries and the recovery rate increased slightly to 11/18/157 and 96.78%, respectively, as 6,313 patients recovered the previous day. The total number of active cases decreased to 47,790.
The daily positivity rate of 91,849 samples tested on the last day was 4.84%, which is one of the lowest in recent weeks. The overall positivity rate of the 2.15 crore samples tested so far was 8.69%.
Chittoor district reported nine Moe deaths last day, while Krishna reported eight. Guntur reported five deaths and East Godavari four, while Kurnool, Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram reported two deaths each.
Anantapur, Kadapa, Nellore, and West Godavari each reported one new death and Prakasam reported no new death.
All districts reported fewer than a thousand new infections and East Godavari, with 909 infections last day, the highest number on the day.
This was followed by Chittoor (708), West Godavari (591), Kadapa (370), Prakasam (335), Krishna (331), Guntur (239), Anantapur (224), Nellore (212), Visakhapatnam (198), Srikakulam ( 151), Kurnool (126) and Vizianagaram (64).
The cumulative infection record of the Krishna district has passed the one-lakh mark. The district has 3,697 active cases and a 1.09% death rate, the highest among the districts.
This means that all districts except Vizianagaram have witnessed more than one lakh infection.
The district numbers are as follows: East Godavari (2.59.452), Chittoor (2.17.246), Guntur (1.60.888), West Godavari (1.59.390), Anantapur (1.53.168), Visakhapatnam (1.47.752), Nellore (1.26.383), Kurnool (1.21.413), Prakasam (1.19.625), Srikakulam (1.17.956), Kadapa (1.05.508), Krishna (1.00.123) and Vizianagaram (79.676).