Covid cases cross 20,000 in AP

Amaravati: State's coronavirus tally shot past the 20,000 mark on Monday as a record 1,322 cases were added in a day.

This was the first time the fresh cases touched the four-digit mark in the State as the tally rose to 20,019 while seven deaths saw the toll mounting to 239, a government bulletin said.

The number of active cases now stood at 10,860 with the discharge of 8,920 patients so far. On Monday, Srikakulam district reported two deaths while Visakhapatnam, Krishna, Guntur, Anantapur and Chittoor reported one fresh death each.

Of the 56 new cases that were reported in returnees' category, the high of 42 positive cases belonged to Telangana. Of the remainder, 6 samples belonged to returnees from Karnataka, 3 from Tamil Nadu and 2 cases each from Odisha and Maharashtra.