Andhra Pradesh registers 10,128 fresh cases, tally rose to 1,86,461

The COVID-19 surge continued as Andhra Pradesh registered 10,128 fresh cases after easing a little in the last few days as the overall tally rose to 1,86,461 on Wednesday. 

After registering 10,000 plus cases for the third straight day on July 31, the state’s daily count dipped till Tuesday with the fresh infections going below 9,000 mark on two days. 

The fresh cases on Wednesday are just behind Maharashtra (10,309) even as AP remained in the top three states in the country behind Tamil Nadu in overall tally. The state also saw a record number of 77 coronavirus deaths in a day, pushing the toll to 1,681, the latest bulletin said.