AMARAVATI : The COVID-19 surge continued in Andhra Pradesh with the addition of 7,822 fresh cases on Monday, taking the tally to 1,66,586.
While 5,786 patients had recovered and been discharged from hospitals across the state, another 63 succumbed to the pandemic in the last 24 hours, a government bulletin said.
With a total of 88,672 recoveries so far, the number of active cases now stood at 76,377 and the total fatalities increased to 1,537, the bulletin added.
In the last 24 hours ending 10 am on Monday, 45,516 samples were tested, including 18,088 for rapid antigens while the cumulative tests crossed 21,10,923.