Andhra Pradesh records highest in single day with 2,432 fresh cases of coronavirus

A new record high of 2,432 fresh cases of coronavirus were reported in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday as the state’s aggregate shot past the 35,000 mark while 44 deaths took the overall toll in the state to 452.

The latest bulletin said 805 coronavirus patients have been discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours.

The aggregate number of discharges



now stood at 18,378, leaving 16,621 active cases in the state, the bulletin said.

With the addition of 2,432 new cases, the tally of infections rose to 35,451.

On Wednesday, the state crossed the 12 lakh mark in the number of samples tested, with a total of 12.17 lakh at the rate of 22,808 per million population and a positivity rate of 2.91 per cent.