On Monday (August 8) Andhra Pradesh recorded 1,413 new COVID-19 cases, taking the state's overall tally beyond 19.8 lakhs, though the active caseload of the state has dropped to 19,549. As many as 1,795 persons recovered from the disease in the past 24 hours, taking the state's total number of recoveries over 19.5 lakh. While East Godavari tops with more than 2.8 lakh cases currently, followed by Chittoor with 2.3 lakhs, 18 more persons have succumbed to the COVID-19 virus in the past 24 hours, taking the state's death toll to 13,549. With 54,455 more tests conducted in the past 24 hours, the total number of tests carried out in Andhra Pradesh so far has crossed the 2.52 crore mark. States are to take more interest in establishing covid norms in villages and small towns.

Source: dna August 09, 2021 16:30 UTC