Andhra Pradesh to cross 8 lakh-mark in COVID-19 cases shortly
Deccan ChronicleVijayawada: Andhra Pradesh will touch eight lakh mark of total Covid-19 positive cases shortly. Among daily cases of confirmed coronavirus, East Godavari continues to lead with 677, followed by 519 in West Godavari, 503 in Krishna, 437 in Chittoor, 396 in Guntur, 301 in Anantapur, 167 in Srikakulam, 166 in Kadapa, 138 in Visakhapatnam, 134 in Vizianagaram, 127 in Prakasam, 116 in Nellore and 65 in Kurnool. In terms of cumulative cases of confirmed coronavirus, East Godavari continues to be the worst affected with 1,11,694, followed by 80,621 in West Godavari, 74,931 in Chittoor, 63,464 in Guntur, 63,111 in Anantapur, 58,961 in Kurnool, 58,542 in Nellore, 57,325 in Prakasam, 54,304 in Visakhapatnam, 50,374 in Kadapa, 43,010 in Srikakulam, 38,451 in Vizianagaram, 35,616 in Krishna, 2,461 from other states and 434 from other countries. The rate of recovery among Covid-19 infected patients has been good in East Godavari with 1,05,053 patients having recovered, followed by 76,864 in West Godavari, 70,313 in Chittoor, 60,764 in Anantapur, 59,118 in Guntur, 57,711 in Kurnool, 57,373 in Nellore, 53,946 in Prakasam, 51,632 in Visakhapatnam, 47,904 in Kadapa, 41,465 in Srikakulam, 37,251 in Vizianagaram, 32,126 in Krishna, 2,461 from other states and 434 from other countries. Krishna registered five cases of death of Covid-19 infected patients followed by three each in Anantapur, Chittoor, East Godavari, Guntur, Nellore and Prakasam and one each in Kadapa, Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam and West Godavari.