Andhra Pradesh Coronavirus Positive cases rise to 13

Amaravati: A man who came in contact with a coronavirus afflicted patient in Visakhapatnam and wife of a positive Guntur patient tested positive for the infection on Friday, the State Government said.

With this the total number of coronavirus cases in the State has risen to 13, the Medical and Health Department said in its latest bulletin. The person met the coronavirus patient on March 17 and developed symptoms. He was kept in isolation for four days and on Friday his blood sample tested positive for the virus. The thirteenth patient is the wife of a patient in Guntur tested positive.

Visakhapatnam now has four coronavirus cases, the highest in the State, followed by three in Vijayawada. One positive case each in Guntur, Ongole, Nellore, Chittoor and Rajamahendravaram.

Meanwhile, Health and Police authorities are busy tracking the persons who met the coronavirus patient in Guntur. The patient had taken part in a couple of prayer meetings upon his return from Nizamuddin mosque in New Delhi.

Officials said they fear he might have transmitted the infection to his contacts and accordingly started the tracking.

"We have identified about four persons who came in contact with the coronavirus patient and sending them for quarantine," health officials said.