497 new cases have been reported in the past 24 hours bringing the count to Andhra at 10,331
Amaravati:
Andhra Pradesh has crossed the 10,000 mark today in coronavirus cases with 497 more people testing positive in the past 24 hours.
While it took almost three months from March for the first 5,000 cases of Covid-19 to emerge in the state, the other 5,000 arrived in just 15 days.
The COVID-19 toll also rose to 129 today, with 10 new deaths, the highest in a day to date, according to the latest bulletin.
In the past 24 hours, 497 new cases have been reported, bringing the number of infections to 10,331 in the state, while 146 patients have left the hospital, the Press Trust of India.
Kurnool has reported four deaths in Covid-19, Krishna three, Guntur two and Srikakulam one in the past 24 hours.
The Anantapuramu district recorded the 90 highest cases, bringing its total to 1028. It is the third district of the state after Kurnool (1,483) and Krishna (1,132) to have crossed the 1,000 mark case, reported the PTI news agency.
The 10,331 Covid-19 cases in Andhra Pradesh included 8,306 residents, 1,660 from other states and 365 foreign returnees.
The state now has 5,423 active cases after a total of 4,779 patients recovered from the infection.
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