On the 15th of July, the Andhra Pradesh Health department confirmed 2,432 ew cases of the Novel Coronavirus or COVID-19.
This is the first time, Andhra Pradesh reported more than 2,000 fresh cases of the Novel Coronavirus.
With the new cases, the total reached to cases till date.
For the first time, more than 2,000 COVID-19 cases were recorded in a single day in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday. The state recorded a total of 2,432 positive cases of which 2,412 are from within the state while 20 are from other states.
Meanwhile the death toll rose to 452 with 44 new patients in the last 24 hours.
Two districts in the state recorded more than 400 cases in a day. Guntur, with 468 positive cases, recorded the most number of cases while Kurnool recorded 403 cases taking the district’s cumulative tally past the 4,000-mark. Kurnool till now has recorded 4,226 cases.
Of the total death cases,9 each were from Anantapur and West Godavari districts, five from Kurnool, four each from Chittoor, East Godavari and Visakhapatnam, two each from Kadapa, Krishna and Prakasam and one each from Nellore, Srikakulam and Vizianagaram.
According to the media bulletin released by the State Command Control Room of Andhra Pradesh, in the last 24 hours, State medical department conducted a total of 22,197 samples test for the Novel Coronavirus.
With these updates, Andhra Pradesh has a total of 16,621 active cases, 18,378 recovered/discharged cases and 452 deceased.
In addition, the mortality rate of COVID-19 in Andhra Pradesh is 1.27% , the average growth rate of the infection is 8% and the recovery rate is 51.84%.
Till the 15th of July, Andhra Pradesh conducted a total of 12,17,963 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.
