On the 25th of July, the Andhra Pradesh Health department confirmed nearly 8,000 new cases of the Novel Coronavirus or COVID-19. Of the total cases, 60 % were reported in the past one week.
This is higher than any other state, barring Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. As a result, Andhra Pradesh is on fifth place in the list of highest number of COVID-19 cases in Indian states.
The top four are Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, the National Capital Delhi and Karnataka.
With the new 7,813, cases, the total reached 88,671 cases till date. This is the biggest spike ever in the State since the infection broke out.
The single day spike in Andhra Pradesh is even more than any other state except Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra.
Meanwhile, the number of deceased cases reached a total of 985.
With these updates, Andhra Pradesh has a total of 44,431 active cases, 42,355 recovered/discharged cases and 884 deceased.
The top four districts of Andhra Pradesh with the highest number of the Novel Coronavirus active cases are East Godavari (12, 391) Kurnool (10,357,) Anantapur (8,989) Chittoor (6,869) and Guntur (9,456.)
In terms of the Novel Coronavirus, Andhra Pradesh has now become one of the fastest growing states in the country. The cases are growing rapidly at a rate of 9 %.
In addition, the mortality rate of COVID-19 in Andhra Pradesh is 1.15 %, the average growth rate of the infection is now 12% from the previous 8% and the recovery rate now is reduced to 49.39 %.
Till the 25th of July, Andhra Pradesh conducted a total of 15,41,993 tests for the Novel Coronavirus.
The total population of the State as per 2019 data is 5,22,21,000.
Stay tuned for further updates.
