Andhra Pradesh's COVID-19 tally touches 5,37,000 with 10,175 new infections

The number of deaths due to coronavirus in Andhra Pradesh have been showing a declining trend over the past few days though the positive cases were increasing by over 10,000 daily, government data revealed.

 

The Covid-19 tally increased to 537,000 in AP with the addition of 10,175 cases in 24 hours ending 9 am on Thursday, the latest bulletin said. Also, 10,040



patients got cured and discharged while 68 succumbed in 24 hours, the bulletin said.

 

From over 90 a day till a few days ago, the state's Covid-19 mortality count has been just around 70 per day this week and on Thursday it further fell to 68.

 

The overall mortality rate dipped to 0.87 per cent against the national average of 1.68 per cent.