The State has reported five more deaths and 477 fresh cases of COVID-19 during the past 24 hours as of Sunday morning, as a whopping 24,451 samples were tested, the highest single-day tests so far. Of them, 7,059 are local cases. With 36 deaths and 3.44% mortality rate, Krishna district now has the highest number of deaths and also the highest mortality rate among the districts. New infectionsEast Godavari district reported the highest number of local fresh cases with the detection of 70 infections. Meanwhile, Krishna district’s tally of local cases has crossed the 1000 mark and reached 1,048, next to only Kurnool which has 1,294 cases.

Source: The Hindu June 21, 2020 18:06 UTC