Andhra Pradesh's COVID-19 tally spirals to 2.27 lakh with 10,820 fresh infections

Yet another record high per day cases of 10,820 saw Andhra Pradesh's COVID-19 tally rocket further up to 2.27 lakh on Sunday. The coronavirus toll crossed the 2000-mark as 97 fresh fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours, the latest bulletin said. 

The total number of recovered patients touched 1.38 lakh as 9,097 got cured in the last 24 hours, leaving 87,112



active cases in the state. The recovery rate improved to 60.88 per cent. After 24.87 lakh sample tests, the cumulative positivity rate climbed up to 9.16 per cent against the national average of 8.93 per cent. 

The current positivity rate is over 16 per cent over the past few days as the state has been reporting cases in excess of 10,000 per day in the last five days.