Andhra Pradesh crosses 2 lakh mark with 10,171 fresh infections

Riding on a rapid surge of infections, Andhra Pradesh on Friday crossed the two lakh-mark in the overall number of COVID-19 cases as another 10,171 were added afresh for the third consecutive day.

The state also saw 89 fresh coronavirus deaths, the highest number in a day so far, while 7,594 patients had



recovered from the pandemic.

The states Covid-19 tally on Friday showed 2,06,960 over all cases, of which 84,654 were active, 1,20,464 recoveries and 1,842 deaths, the latest government bulletin said.

The recovery rate too improved to 58.21% but was way below the national average of 67.98%.