AP Reports 7,813 COVID-19 Cases, 52 Deaths

Coronavirus cases in Andhra Pradesh continue to follow an upward trend as another 7,813 were added in a day to take the overall tally to 88,671 on Saturday.

52 COVID-19 patients succumbed while 3,208 were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours. The total number of COVID-19 patients discharged so far touched 43,255 and the gross toll 985.

East Godavari itself registered a whopping number of 1,324 fresh cases in the last 24 hours while its neighbor West Godavari reported 1,012 cases.

Kurnool district, also crossed the 10,000 marks to reach 10,357 on Saturday whereas Visakhapatnam reported 936 new cases in the last 24 hours and Anantapuramu 723.

According to the health bulletin, 53,681 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours that yielded 7,813 positives, including 3,741 rapid antigens. Overall, 15,95,674 samples were tested to date.