Active cases touch 5,990 in South Coastal A.P.
The Hindu
Vaccination drive resumes today
Four more persons succumbed to the dreaded disease in South Coastal Andhra Pradesh in a span of 24 hours while the number of new cases touched 911 in the two districts of Nellore and Prakasam. SPSR Nellore district registered 597 new cases, while Prakasam district saw 314. With this, the overall coronovirus cases tally increased to 1,33,585 in the region and active cases shot up to 5,990. SPSR Nellore district accounted for 67,600 cases and Prakasam district for 65,985 cases of the total cases.More Related News

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