AP Records 10,093 Cases, 65 Deaths In One Day

State of Andhra Pradesh reported a whopping number of 10,093 new COVID-19 infections and 65 deaths on Wednesday which is the highest single-day tally so far.

65 deaths in the state takes the total death toll to 1,213 so far. Meanwhile, 2,784 recovered from the infection. The tally of discharged has risen to 55,406 while the number of active cases remains at 63,711.

Four districts reported fresh cases in four-digit figures, while one district reported double-digit Covid numbers on Wednesday., East Godavari reported the highest numbers with 1,676 new cases, followed by Anantapur with 1,371 cases, Guntur with 1,124, and Kurnool with 1,091 cases.

Also, the state took 70,584 samples over the last 24 hours, the highest single-day tests. The total number of tests done till now has risen to 18,20,009.

Andhra Pradesh has a recovery rate of 46.02%, the third-lowest recovery rate in India after Karnataka (37.85%) and Jharkhand (41.66%). Also, there have been no new additions to the Covid tally from returnees to the state.