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Vizag reported 474 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the
district tally to 45,424. According to the report released by
Visakhapatnam COVID-19 Special Officer, Dr PV Sudhakar, 5258 patients
are receiving treatment. The report stated that out of the total COVID-19 cases in Vizag, 39,829
have been discharged so far. Furthermore, five more patients succumbed
to the novel coronavirus between Monday and Tuesday, taking the death
toll of the district to 337. Currently, Visakhapatnam has 80 very active
clusters, 88 active clusters, 559 dormant clusters, and 192 denotified
clusters. Last week, the CSR block of King George Hospital (KGH) in Visakhapatnam
started operations. The 500-bedded block funded by various public sector
companies currently caters to COVID-19 patients in Vizag. Several
public sector undertakings including Gas Authority of India Ltd. (GAIL),
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), Nuclear Power Corporation of
India Limited (NPCIL), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL),
National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC), Oil and Natural Gas
Corporation Ltd. (ONGC), and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL)
have contributed corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds for the
project. Though the block was initially intended for oncology and
surgery wards, it is currently used for treating COVID-19 patients. In
addition to the CSR funds, the state government has allotted Rs 10 crore
worth of equipment including ventilators, monitors, dialysis machines,
and ICU beds to operationalise the CSR Block Earlier on Monday, Andhra Pradesh reported 7956 COVID-19 cases. As
per the bulletin released by the Health Department of Andhra Pradesh,
the state COVID-19 cases tally rose to 5,75,079. 61,529 samples
were tested across Andhra Pradesh in 24 hours. The state had tested
46,61,355 samples for COVID-19. While 4,76,903 people (including the
9764 individuals discharged yesterday) were discharged across the state,
93,204 COVID-19 cases were marked active as on Monday morning. The
death toll of the state reached 4972.
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