Amaravati, Jan 7 : Andhra Pradesh has registered 295 new Covid positive cases, increasing the state’s tally to 8.84 lakh, even as 368 more patients recovered from the virus to outnumber infections on Thursday.
Krishna district accounted for the highest number of cases in the past 24 hours, 45, followed by Chittoor (39), Guntur (35), East Godavari (32) and Anantapur (30).
Among other places, Nellore (24), Visakhapatnam (22), West Godavari (21), Kurnool and Prakasam (12 each), Kadapa (10), Srikakulam (9) and Vizianagaram (4).
With the addition of new cases, East Godavari continues to be the district which has seen the highest number of infections at more than 1.23 lakh.
Andhra Pradesh’s positivity rate fell to 7.27 per cent, which is still higher than the national average of 5.83 per cent.
Meanwhile, one more patient succumbed to the virus in the past 24 hours, raising the state’s Covid death toll to 7,126.
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