Active cases under 40,000 after 74 days
The Hindu
A.P. sees 1.96 lakh infections in June; positivity rate comes down to 7.17%
The State reported 35 deaths due to COVID and 3,797 infections in the 24 hours ending Wednesday morning. The toll increased to 12,706 and the cumulative tally reached 18,89,513. In June, a total of 1,96,428 infections and 1,776 deaths were reported. The test positivity rate of 27.3 lakh samples tested in June was 7.17%. In May, 5.91 lakh infections and 2,938 deaths with a positivity rate of 20.5% were reported. In May, only 27.3 lakh samples were tested. The number of infections came down by 67% from May to June. The number of active cases came down to below 40,000 at 38,338 for the first time after 74 days. In the past day, 5,498 patients recovered and the recovery rate and the number of total recoveries increased to 97.30% and 18,38,469 respectively.
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