VISAKHAPATNAM: Andhra Pradesh reported 12,561 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, taking the cumulative caseload to 22,48,608. The toll increased to 14,591 as 12 more patients succumbed to the pandemic. This is the highest one-day fatality total for the state in nearly four months.
Three deaths were reported from Visakhapatnam, two each in Kurnool and Nellore, and one each in Anantapur, Chittoor, Guntur, Vizianagaram and West Godavari districts. Kurnool reported 1,710 new cases, followed by Guntur (1,625), and Kadapa (1,215). The daily caseload seems to have fully stabilised in Chittoor (423 new cases). The third wave started in the state in the first week of January with a clear surge in case numbers in Chittoor and Visakhapatnam districts.
