115 fresh coronavirus cases reported in Andhra Pradesh

Amaravati: The aggregate number of coronavirus cases touched 3,791 in the state on Tuesday as the upward spiral continued with 115 additions in the last 24 hours.

The latest government health bulletin said no fresh deaths due to the virus were reported in the last 24 hours ending 9 am on Tuesday while 40 patients were discharged from hospitals upon recovery. The overall Covid-19 toll in the state so far is 64. Of the new cases, 82 were residents of the state and the remaining 33 came from other states, the bulletin said. The gross coronavirus cases 3,791 includes 3,200 AP residents, 479 from other states and 112 foreign returnees, it added. The total number of active cases was 1,320, which includes 927 AP residents, 111 foreign returnees and 282 from other states.

So far, a total of 3.95 lakh tests were conducted in the state at the rate of 7,410 per million population and a positivity rate of 0.96 per cent. The recovery rate is now 63.49 per cent and mortality rate 1.69 per cent in, as per the data released by the government.