Andhra Pradesh logs 2,997 fresh cases along with 21 deaths from COVID-19

Andhra Pradesh has reported 2,997 new coronavirus cases, 3,585 recoveries and 21 deaths in 24 hours, ending 9 am on Sunday, the latest bulletin stated.

With these, the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases has risen to 8.07 lakh, recoveries to 7.69 lakh and deaths to 6,587, it said.

The state now has 30,860 active



cases of the coronavirus infection, the bulletin said.

The recovery rate has improved to 95.36 per cent while the mortality rate remains steady at 0.82 per cent.

The bulletin said that after testing 75.70 lakh samples so far, the overall infection positivity rate in the state stands at 10.66 per cent.