NEW COVID CASES CROSS 5K IN AP

Andhra Pradesh on Thursday said that it has registered 5,086 new Coronavirus cases and 14 deaths in the last 24 hours.

“Out of 35,741 samples tested, 5,086 persons were found to be infected with the Coronavirus. Out of

1,55,70,201 samples tested so far, 9,42,135 persons were found infected with the virus. Of them,

9,03,072 people have recovered while

31,710 are still active with the virus,” said state health officials.

Eleven districts registered more than 200 each on Thursday indicating the intensity of the spread of the virus while only two districts — Kadapa and West Godavari — have registered two-digit numbers. Chittoor reported the highest at 835 followed by 626 in Kurnool, 611 in Guntur, 568 in Srikaku-lam, 450 in East Godavari.