Andhra Pradesh sees 2,905 fresh coronavirus cases

A new record high of 88,778 samples were tested in a single day for the coronavirus in Andhra Pradesh but only 2,905 of them turned positive, in what is seen as a clear indication of the continuing decline in the spread of the infection.

 

The latest bulletin said a total of 78,62,459 tests had been done in the state so far, which revealed an



overall infection positivity rate of 10.40 per cent, after 8,17,679 cases were confirmed. In 24 hours ending 9 am on Thursday, as many as 3,243 patients had recovered from the disease, taking the total to 7,84,752.

 

Another 16 patients succumbed, the lowest in a day in many months, as the overall toll mounted to 6,659, the bulletin said.