Correspondent
AMRAVATI, August 09 2020 (HS): Covid-19 continues to play havoc in the state of Andhra Pradesh as over ten thousand cases were reported for the fifth day in a row. It may be noted that many of major towns in Andhra Pradesh are under lockdown but there seems to be in no respite from the killer virus.
The state medical and health department said 62,912 samples were tested in the past 24 hours and 10,820 were diagnosed as Corona positive. In the last 24 hours, 95 people died of coronavirus. Thus the number of cases in the state has reached 2, 27,860 and the death toll mounted to 2,036.
There are 87,112 Active cases that are being treated at various Covid hospitals, The State health bulletin stated that 1, 38,712 patients had recovered and were discharged so far. In the past 24 hours 9,097 people recovered and they were discharged.
The death toll district wise is as follows, 12 people in Guntur, 11 in Prakasam district, 10 in Chittoor, 10 in West Godavari, eight in Anantapur, eight in Kadapa, eight in Srikakulam, seven in Kurnool, six in East Godavari, five in Visakhapatnam, four in Krishna district, seven in Vijayanagaram. So far 24, 87,305 samples have been tested in the state, the state medical department said.