State records 1,125 new COVID cases in a day

Total recoveries cross 20 lakh; 9 more deaths reported

September 15, 2021 12:39 am | Updated 12:39 am IST - VIJAYAWADA

The positivity rate for 49,568 samples tested across the State in 24 hours, ending Tuesday morning, was put 2.27%.

The positivity rate for 49,568 samples tested across the State in 24 hours, ending Tuesday morning, was put 2.27%.

The State reported nine more COVID deaths and 1,125 infections in the 24 hours ending Tuesday morning. The cumulative COVID toll increased to 14,019 and the tally reached 20,31,974.

The number of active cases came down to 14,412, with 1,356 recoveries in the past day and the total recoveries and recovery rate stand at 20,03,543 and 98.60%.

The daily test positivity rate of the 49,568 tests conducted was 2.27% and the overall test positivity rate of the 2.74 crore tests was 7.41%.

Krishna again reported the highest toll of three deaths in the past day. West Godavari reported two deaths while East Godavari, Guntur, Nellore and Prakasam reported one death each.

Chittoor reported 210 new infections. It was followed by Nellore (184), Krishna (164), West Godavari (161), Prakasam (110), Guntur (81), East Godavari (62), Visakhapatnam (54), Kadapa (48), Srikakulam (27), Anantapur (16), Vizianagaram (7) and Kurnool (1).

The district tallies are as follows: East Godavari (2,88,029), Chittoor (2,41,006), West Godavari (1,76,067), Guntur (1,74,160), Anantapur (1,57,413), Visakhapatnam (1,55,876), Nellore (1,42,843), Prakasam (1,35,256), Kurnool (1,23,944), Srikakulam (1,22,465), Krishna (1,15,587), Kadapa (1,13,815) and Vizianagaram (82,618).

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