TN Gov, AP Dy Speaker positive

Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit and Andhra Pradesh Deputy Speaker Kona Raghupati and his wife have tested positive on Sunday.

Raghupati released a selfie video in which he said that he was suffering from fever. His wife and he went for a test which returned positive. He said as per the doctors’ suggestion, they will be in home quarantine for a week. AP registered 8,555 positive cases on Sunday.

The TN Governor, who visited the Kauvery Hospitals for a test and assessment, was asymptomatic and clinically stable. He had been advised home isolation since the infection was mild. He would be monitored by a medical team. Tamil Nadu recorded 5,875 new cases, with Chennai accounting for 1,065.

There was a slight relief on Sunday as 8,555 positive cases were recorded across Andhra Pradesh, which is considerably less than the average 10,000 Covid-19 positive cases that were reported every day for the past few days.

Meanwhile, Deputy Speaker Kona Raghupati and his wife tested positive on Sunday. He released a selfie video in which he said that he was suffering from fever and when he and his wife went for the corona test, it showed positive.

He said as per the suggestions of doctors, they will be in home quarantine for a week.

As many as 68 new deaths reported in the past 24 hours taking the overall toll to 1474. The total positive cases increased to 1,58,764. As many as 82,886 patients were discharged after completion of treatment and 74,404 patients are undergoing treatment across the State.

The highest number of 11 deaths was registered in Krishna district, followed by eight in Guntur, seven each in Visakhapatnam and East Godavari, six each in Kurnool and Nellore, five in Srikakulam, four in Prakasam, three each in Kadapa, Vizianagaram, West Godavari and Anantapur districts.

As many as 52,834 tests conducted in the past 24hours in which 8,555 were diagnosed positive.

AP tested a total of

20,65,407 samples, which is the highest in the country.

As many as 6,272 recovered patients were discharged from various hospitals in the last 24 hours.