More tests and fewer instances: test positivity rate comes down to 5.84% in A.P.
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Andhra Pradesh has for the seventh day in a row reported lower than 3,000 new COVID infections in 24 hours ending Saturday morning. During the identical interval, 14 new deaths have been reported and the loss of life toll elevated to 6,690.
With 2,783 new instances, the an infection tally elevated to 8,23,348.
The restoration rate of the contaminated sufferers additionally elevated to 96.20% with 3,708 new recoveries in the previous day. So far, 7,92,083 sufferers have recovered leaving 24,575 energetic sufferers underneath remedy. The loss of life rate stays at 0.81%.
In October, 22.22 lakh samples have been examined and 1.29 lakh turned constructive which places positivity rate at 5.84%, lowest in final 4 months.
In September, 20.83 lakh samples have been examined and 2.5 lakh instances with 12.42% positivity rate have been reported. Test positivity rate in August was 16.59%, July was 11.90 and it was 2.13% in June. Also, the whole of deaths in October at 862 was lower than half of September’s toll of 1,859. Meanwhile, the tests per million ratio crossed 1.5 lakh and reached 1,50,354.
New instances
Krishna and Chittoor reported three new deaths every whereas West Godavari, Guntur and Visakhpatnam reported two deaths every. East Godavari and Anantapur reported one loss of life every whereas six districts reported no deaths.
West Godavari reported 469 new instances, highest amongst districts. It was adopted by Krishna (425), East Godavari (371), Chittoor (351), Guntur (324), Anantapur (170), Kadapa (169), Prakasam (134), Visakhapatnam (113), Nellore (86), Vizianagaram (70), Srikakulam (67) and Kurnool (34).
After a number of months Krishna district, which was final in the infections tally, has been changed by Vizianagaram.
The district tallies are as follows: East Godavari (1,15,744), West Godavari (85,727), Chittoor (78,342), Guntur (67,220), Anantapur (64,606), Nellore (59,496), Kurnool (59,468), Prakasam (59,401), Visakhapatnam (55,813), Kadapa (52,080), Srikakulam (43,932), Krishna (39,324), and Vizianagaram (39,300).
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