HYDERABAD: Coronavirus cases continued to rise in Andhra Pradesh (AP) as 60 more people tested positive on Friday, taking the state’s total cases to 1,463.
Of the latest, 19 were from Guntur and 25 from Kurnool districts. Both the places together account for about half of AP’s total covid-19 cases, with Kurnool alone reporting 411 patients (28%) so far of the total.
According to a bulletin from the AP government, the latest cases were detected from Ananthapur (6), Guntur (19), Kurnool (25) and West Godavari (2) districts.
Of the total 1463 cases, 1027 are currently active, while 403 patients have recovered and have been discharged from hospitals post treatment.