118 fresh COVID-19 cases in AP, no deaths

Coronavirus cases seem to be taking an upward path again after a long slide in Andhra Pradesh as 118 were added afresh on Saturday, the highest so far this month.

After 1.39 crore sample tests, at the rate of 2.60 lakh per million population and an overall positivity



rate of 6.39 per cent, the cumulative COVID-19 cases climbed to 8,89,799, a health department bulletin said.

It said 86 patients recovered and none died in the state in 24 hours ending 9 am on Saturday. The gross recoveries now stood at 8,81,963 and toll at 7,169, it said.