Andhra records 1,628 more Covid cases, 22 deaths

Amaravati, July 19 Andhra Pradesh on Monday recorded 1,628 new Covid cases, raising the state's overall tally over 19.4 lakh, even as its active caseload dropped to 23,570.

As many as 2,744 more persons recovered from the disease in the past 24 hours, raising the state's total number of recoveries over 19 lakh.

East Godavari district reported the highest number of cases at 291, followed by Chittoor (261), Nellore (241), Krishna (190), Prakasam (134), Guntur (112), West Godavari (99), Kadapa (92), Visakhapatnam (77), Kurnool (43), Anantapur (36), Srikakulam (27) and Vizianagaram (25).

Except for Vizianagaram, all the other districts of Andhra Pradesh have now reported more than 1 lakh Covid cases, though Vizianagaram is also drawing closer towards that mark, just short of 19,000 cases.

East Godavari tops the chart with more than 2.7 lakh cases, followed by Chittoor with 2.2 lakh cases.

Meanwhile, 22 more persons succumbed to the virus in the past 24 hours, raising the state's overall Covid death toll to 13,154.

With 71,152 more tests conducted in the past 24 hours, the total number of tests carried out in Andhra Pradesh so far has crossed 2.36 crore.