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Vizag reported 206 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 between Thursday
and Friday, the district report released today revealed. While 2144
cases in the district are marked active, 51,298 people have been
discharged in total so far. The death toll rose to 454 with one more
patient succumbing to the infection. The COVID-19 cases report of Vizag
released today also indicates 4 very active clusters, 64 active
clusters, 248 dormant clusters, and 627 de-notified clusters. Meanwhile, Andhra Pradesh
reported 3967 fresh cases of COVID-19 as the overall count in the state
increased to 7,75,470. In the past 24 hours, West Godavari recorded 627
new cases, while East Godavari witnessed 608 more individuals testing
positive. As of Friday, Andhra Pradesh accounted for 38,979 active
cases, 7,30,109 recoveries (including the 5010 recoveries between
Thursday and Friday), and 6382 deaths due to COVID-19. So far, the state
has conducted 69,20,377 tests. India, on the other hand, reported
63,371 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 70,338 single day
recoveries. The total recovered cases stand at 64,53,779. The gap
between Recovered cases and Active cases has crossed 56 lakh
(56,49,251). The recovered cases are 8 times more than the active case
now. Presently the active cases comprise merely 10.92% of the total
positive cases of the country standing at 8,04,528. Higher number of
recoveries has aided the national Recovery Rate to further improve to
87.56%, the Ministry of Health said on Friday. “India continues to
report one of the lowest deaths per million population which stands
at 81 today. Less than 1100 deaths have been reported continuously since
2nd October,” it further added. With Kerala, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal
witnessing a surge in the number of new COVID-19 cases in the recent
days, the Centre has deputed high level Central teams to these states.
The teams will support the state efforts towards strengthening
containment, surveillance, testing, infection prevention and control
measures, and efficient clinical management of the positive cases. The
Central teams shall also guide in effectively managing the challenges
related to timely diagnosis and follow up, a press release stated.
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