Hindustan Times : Apr 21, 2020, 04:00 PM
Amaravati: The death toll due to COVID-19 in Andhra Pradesh increased to 22 as two more people succumbed to the disease on Tuesday (April 21). The state also recorded 35 new cases, raising the tally of infected persons to 757.According to the latest COVID-19 bulletin, the two fresh deaths were reported in Guntur district, which has so far seen six deaths. Also, four patients have been discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recovered persons to 96, the bulletin said.The state now has a total of 639 active COVID-19 cases undergoing treatment in various hospitals. Official sources said about 40 of these patients were in ICU and some of them in critical condition. Ten new cases were reported in Kurnool district, taking the aggregate to 184 — the highest in the state.Guntur district, which is the second in the table, reported nine new cases, making it a total of 158. Krishna district, with three additions, now has 83 cases, of which 63 are active, 14 discharged and six dead.In the last 24 hours, Kadapa recorded nine, West Godavari four and Anantapur three fresh cases. For the third consecutive day, SPS Nellore and Prakasam districts did not register a single new case. The two north coastal districts of Srikakulam and Vizianagaram continued to maintain a clean slate with zero cases till date.Of the four patients discharged, three were from Kurnool and the other from SPS Nellore.The bulletin said a total of 5,022 samples were tested from 9 am on Monday to 9 am on Tuesday, of which 4,987 turned negative.