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67 new COVID deaths and 8,766 infections reported
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Paramedics taking a COVID patient for treatment at the GGH in Vijayawada on Wednesday. | Photo Credit:
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67 new COVID deaths and 8,766 infections reported
The State reported 67 new COVID deaths and 8,766 new infections in the 24 hours ending Wednesday morning, taking the toll to 11,696
and the cumulative infection tally to 17,79,773
In the past three days, the number of cases and test positivity rate was gradually rising and the daily toll was coming down. However, the incidence of cases was less compared to the incidence a week ago.
The test positivity rate of the 93,511 samples tested in the past day was 9.37% while it was 7.52%, lowest in two months, on Monday.
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Officials inspect vaccination programme at PHCs and CHCs
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COVID-19 Task Force team inspecting a vaccination centre at the Government Hospital at Puttur in Chittoor district on Saturday.
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Officials inspect vaccination programme at PHCs and CHCs
The unprecedented spike in the COVID-19 cases in Chittoor district during the last one month, with 740 cases on Saturday, has kept the district administration on heels.
Deputy District Medical and Health Officer P. Ravi Raju, along with COVID-19 Task Force officials, has inspected the ongoing vaccination drive at the community health centres at Nagari and Puttur, and the primary health centres in Nagari assembly constituency limits. “As per instructions from the District Collector, we have been focussing on the border areas in eastern mandals,” the official said. Saturday’s tally was the highest the district has seen since September last.