VISAKHAPATNAM: Andhra Pradesh reported 12,926 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, with a positivity rate over 29% for the second consecutive day, taking the cumulative caseload to 21,66,194.
The new cases were detected from tests conducted on 43,763 people. Six more people succumbed to the pandemic, taking the toll to 14,538. Three patients died in Visakhapatnam, two in Nellore and one in East Godavari.
Visakhapatnam reported 1,959 new infections, followed by Chittoor (1,566), Anantapur (1,379), Guntur (1,212), and Prakasam (1,001). Krishna (354) is the only district to add less than 500 cases. East Godavari became the first district in the state to cross the three-lakh cumulative case mark. East Godavari was the major disease epicentre in both first and second waves. Chittoor (2,64,951 cases) is the other district to record at least two lakh cases. Vizianagaram (87,742) is the only district in the state to have less than one lakh cumulative cases.
The active caseload increased to 73,143.
