COVID-19 toll crosses 12,500 in Andhra Pradesh
The Hindu
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The State reported 38 deaths due to COVID-19 and 4,458 new infections in the 24 hours ending Friday morning. The toll crossed the 12,500-mark and reached 12,528 while the cumulative tally increased 18,71,475. The number of recoveries and recovery rate slightly increased to 18,11,157 and 96.78% respectively as 6,313 patients recovered in the past day. The total active cases came down to 47,790. The daily positivity rate of 91,849 samples tested in the past day was 4.84%, which is one of the lowest in the past several weeks. The overall positivity rate of the 2.15 crore samples tested so far was at 8.69%.
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