Visakhapatnam district reports one death and 33 new COVID cases
The Hindu
47 persons recover from coronavirus
The district recorded 33 new COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours ending Sunday morning, taking the cumulative tally of cases to 1,58,009. The death toll rose to 1,095 after one more person succumbed to the infection during the same time period. This is the seventh COVID-19 death reported in the month.
Meanwhile, 47 persons recovered from the coronavirus in the last 24 hours. The number of recoveries and active cases is 1,56,156 and 758 respectively.
As speculation over the continuation of Minister for Scheduled Tribes Welfare B. Nagendra in the Cabinet persisted, with the demand for his resignation raised by the BJP in connection with the ₹94 crore scam at the Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation, his Cabinet colleagues came to his defence on Thursday.