Active cases fall below 1 lakh after 44 days

67 deaths, 8,110 new infections reported in 24 hours

The State has reported 67 COVID-19 deaths and 8,110 infections in the 24 hours ending Thursday morning. The death toll reached 11,763 and the cumulative case tally jumped to 17,87,883. The number of active cases came down to below one lakh for the first time in 44 days since April 27. The State handled a peak of over 2.10 lakh active cases for three days continuously around mid-May and the number came down gradually since then. In the past day, 12,981 patients have recovered and the active case tally stands at 99,057. Of them, more than one-third of cases were in East Godavari (22.63%) and Chittoor (13.59%) while Vizianagaram, Kurnool and Anantapur have less than 3% active cases. The recovery rate and total recoveries increased to 93.80% and 16,77,063 respectively.